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Issue 5031 - pragma(msg,...) outputs to stderr, not stdout
Summary: pragma(msg,...) outputs to stderr, not stdout
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
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Product: D
Classification: Unclassified
Component: dmd (show other issues)
Version: D2
Hardware: Other Windows
: P2 normal
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Reported: 2010-10-09 17:36 UTC by Nick Sabalausky
Modified: 2015-06-09 05:10 UTC (History)
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Description Nick Sabalausky 2010-10-09 17:36:53 UTC 
pragma(msg,...) messages are not inherently errors, so it should output to stdout, not stderr. But currently it outputs to stderr:

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> type test.d
pragma(msg, "hello");
> dmd -c test.d > out.txt
hello
> type out.txt
> dmd -c test.d 2> out.txt
> type out.txt
hello
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Comment 1 Walter Bright 2012-01-19 14:00:44 UTC 
Their normal usage is to provide user-friendly error messages, so they should got to stderr.