"hSetBuffering stdin NoBuffering" messes up terminal

[Glynn Clements]

Simon Marlow wrote:

> > > If I understand recent changes correctly, this is a 
> > deliberate decision.  The 
> > > idea is that if you wanted to write a program like 'stty' 
> > in Haskell, you'd 
> > > be very disappointed if the terminal settings got switched 
> > back the moment 
> > > your Haskell program terminated.
> > 
> > It's deliberate, but (AFAIK) not for those reasons. The idea is so
> > that "simple, stupid programs" do what the programmer expects (and
> > saving the list from lots of "my program doesn't get any input until
> > the user hits Return" questions).
> > 
> > If you were writing "stty" in Haskell, you would presumably use the
> > PosixTTY functions directly.
> 
> GHC 6.2 will have slightly better behaviour in this regard.  If the
> terminal settings are changed as a result of hSetBuffering, then they
> will be restored on exit.  This still allows stty-type programs to be
> written, as long as you don't also call hSetBuffering on the same
> Handle.

Does this include the case where the program is suspended with SIGTSTP
(typically via the user pressing Ctrl-Z)?

What about resumption with SIGCONT? Even if the program doesn't
restore the terminal settings on SIGTSTP, something else (e.g. the
shell) may change them while the program is suspended, so they should
probably be refreshed upon SIGCONT.

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Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>