Why std.stdio and not std.io ?

Derek Parnell derek at psych.ward
Tue May 9 20:57:18 PDT 2006


On Tue, 9 May 2006 15:06:18 +0000 (UTC), Tom wrote:

> Maybe it sounds as a stupid question but I still wonder why to mimic C include
> name for standard input/output.
> 
> Regards,

"std.stdio" is the Standard I/O module in the "std" package. It allows for
such things as "std.extio" which might be an Extended I/O module but still
in the "std" package. In other words "stdio" describes an I/O module as
'standard' and "std." describes a package as 'standard'.

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Derek
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10/05/2006 1:54:35 PM



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