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+/*******************************************************************************
+
+        copyright:      Copyright (c) 2004 Tango group. All rights reserved
+
+        license:        BSD style: $(LICENSE)
+
+        version:        Initial release: July 2006
+
+
+        Various low-level console oriented utilities
+
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+module util.console;
+
+private import util.string;
+
+version (Win32)
+        {
+        private extern (Windows) int GetStdHandle (int);
+        private extern (Windows) int WriteFile (int, char*, int, int*, void*);
+        }
+
+else
+
+version (Posix)
+        {
+        private extern (C) ptrdiff_t write (int, void*, size_t);
+        }
+
+/+
+// emit a char[] to the console. Note that Win32 does not handle utf8, but
+// then neither does fprintf (stderr). This will handle redirection though.
+// May need to remedy the utf8 issue
+int console (char[] s)
+{
+        version (Win32)
+                {
+                int count;
+                if (WriteFile (GetStdHandle(0xfffffff5), s.ptr, s.length, &count, null))
+                    return count;
+                return -1;
+                }
+        else
+        version (Posix)
+                {
+                return write (2, s.ptr, s.length);
+                }
+}
+
+// emit an integer to the console
+int console (uint i)
+{
+        char[10] tmp = void;
+
+        return console (intToUtf8 (tmp, i));
+}
++/
+
+struct Console
+{
+    Console opCall (char[] s)
+    {
+            version (Win32)
+                    {
+                    int count;
+                    WriteFile (GetStdHandle(0xfffffff5), s.ptr, s.length, &count, null);
+                    }
+            else
+            version (Posix)
+                    {
+                    write (2, s.ptr, s.length);
+                    }
+            return *this;
+    }
+
+    // emit an integer to the console
+    Console opCall (uint i)
+    {
+            char[10] tmp = void;
+
+            return console (intToUtf8 (tmp, i));
+    }
+}
+
+Console console;