Re: [patch] PR python/12149 (stderr output directed to stdout)

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>]

> From: Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:25:09 +0000
> 
> This patch addresses the bug in python/12149 where output from the Python
> sys.stderr was being directed to stdout within GDB.  In this patch I
> have updated gdb.write and flush to take a stream argument, and also
> created a new class to deal with error output.

Thanks.

> +@item STDERR
> +@value{GDBN}'s error stream.

"standard error", I think.

> +@item STDLOG
> +@value{GDBN}'s log stream.

This may need a word or two of explanation, because it's not a
standard stream like stdout and stderr.  It goes to where "set
logging" directs it, right?  If so, how about a cross-reference to
where the logging facility is described?

> +Flush a @value{GDBN} paginated stream.  The optional @var{stream}
> +determines the stream to flush.  The default stream is @value{GDBN}'s
> +standard output stream.  Possible stream values are:

Are you sure the reader will know the effect of "flushing" a strem
without any explanations?