http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6664

           Summary: BufferedFile this(HANDLE) uses undefined type.
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: jlquinn@optonline.net


--- Comment #0 from Jerry Quinn <jlquinn@optonline.net> 2011-09-13 12:27:30 PDT ---
HANDLE is a Windows-specific type.  It doesn't belong in the general Phobos API.

However if it's going to be there, it needs to be a documented type and be obtainable in a platform-independent manner.

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Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow@gmail.com> changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
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         Resolution|                            |INVALID


--- Comment #1 from Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow@gmail.com> 2011-09-13 12:38:11 PDT ---
You are misunderstanding the purpose of such constructors.

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Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow@gmail.com> changed:

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         Resolution|INVALID                     |


--- Comment #2 from Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow@gmail.com> 2011-09-13 12:42:12 PDT ---
Ignore my last comment.

HANDLE is aliased to int on Posix. BufferedFile is inside std.stream, and the constructor which takes a HANDLE is not in a version(Windows).

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--- Comment #3 from Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow@gmail.com> 2011-09-13 12:45:18 PDT ---
Sorry for the knee-jerk close, I thought you were talking about something in std.stdio which allows construction from a HANDLE on Windows platforms.

For the record, std.stream is generally regarded as obsolete code which simply hasn't been rewritten yet. You may find that this is by far not the only poor design decision in the module.

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--- Comment #4 from Jerry Quinn <jlquinn@optonline.net> 2011-09-13 13:16:39 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> Sorry for the knee-jerk close, I thought you were talking about something in std.stdio which allows construction from a HANDLE on Windows platforms.
> 
> For the record, std.stream is generally regarded as obsolete code which simply hasn't been rewritten yet. You may find that this is by far not the only poor design decision in the module.

That's certainly fine.  It might make sense to put a note at the top of the std.stream page that features are subject to change.

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