Re: [PATCH] binary-io: do not treat set_binary_mode() on stdin/out/err as an error on OS/2

[Paul Eggert]

On 5/28/19 5:47 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> OK, so tee.c, tr.c etc. ought to contain the equivalent of:
>
>    if (! isatty (STDIN_FILENO))
>      setmode (STDIN_FILENO, O_BINARY);
>    if (! isatty (STDOUT_FILENO))
>      setmode (STDOUT_FILENO, O_BINARY);

That sounds overly complicated. Can't we arrange to have something 
simpler, like what we have now?

  xset_binary_mode (STDIN_FILENO, O_BINARY);
  xset_binary_mode (STDOUT_FILENO, O_BINARY);

The idea is that tee.c, tr.c, etc. should not have to worry about 
calling isatty.