Nonblocking IO for stdin

[Stewart Gordon]

gareis wrote:
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> The only solution I see currently is to use threads. That should be 
> relatively safe, given that the input thread should never need to 
> interact with the output thread. I hope.
<snip>

I think using threads is indeed the solution.  I haven't tried it, but 
expect that it would be perfectly safe as long as communication through 
stdin, stdout and stderr is always done through only one thread.

Keeping both input and output in one thread will help to ensure that the 
input and output don't become hopelessly tangled with each other in the 
console window.

Stewart.