Yes, I'd like to see *err* added too. I did my own *err* for a custom
REPL and was surprised it wasn't already part of the environment just
like *out*.
On Sep 29, 9:24 am, Thorsen Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I would love to see this change as well.
>
> Eric
>
> On Sep 28, 2008, at 1:28 PM, Stephen C. Gilardi wrote:
>
> > For a socket repl, I'd like to have error output sent across the
> > wire as well as normal output. Clojure currently provides vars (*in*
> > and *out*) that allow a thread to redirect input and output. I
> > suggest a new var *err* which allows redirecting error output as well.
>
> > I can mostly do this without a change to Clojure by using my own
> > alternative to Repl.java, but there are several instances in Clojure
> > where System.err is accessed directly. If those were made indirect
> > through a new *err*, one could reliably redirect all of *in*, *out*,
> > and *err*.
>
> > Here's the *err* definition I suggest for RT.java:
>
> > final static public Var ERR =
> > Var.intern(CLOJURE_NS, Symbol.create("*err*"),
> > new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(System.err,
> > UTF8), true));
>
> > (A PrintWriter with auto-flush.)
>
> > I think PrintWriter is a good choice because Throwable offers a
> > method to dump stack traces to a PrintWriter.
>
> > --Steve
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