#11394: Base should use native Win32 IO on Windows -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: bgamari | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Core | Version: 7.10.3 Libraries | Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- There are a variety of issues caused by the impedance mismatch between GHC's use of Posix I/O interfaces on Windows (particularly with respect to console I/O), * #10542: Incorrect Unicode input on Windows Console * #7593: Unable to print exceptions of unicode identifiers * #4471: Incorrect Unicode output on Windows Console * #2189: hSetBuffering stdin NoBuffering doesn't work on Windows As pointed on in ticket:2189#comment:12 the ultimate solution to this would be to move all of GHC's IO to use the respective Win32 interfaces. = Also relevant = * #7353: Windows lacks support in the I/O manager * #806: hGetBufNonBlocking doesn't work on Windows * #3081: Double output after Ctrl+C on Windows -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11394 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler