Trac/1417 - add pseudoterminal support to the unix library

[Bryan O'Sullivan]

Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> This is a very simple enhancement.
> 
>   openPseudoTerminal :: IO (Fd, Fd)
>   getSlaveTerminalName :: Fd -> IO FilePath
>
 > [...]
> 
> I propose a discussion period of one week.

Oh dear.  I let this one get away.  There were no responses to my 
original posting.

It would be very nice if this were to make it in before the 6.8.1 release.

http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1417

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