Re: [RFC] Io\Terminal

Hi Jakub, > I wonder if we should have some stream abstraction. Thanks for taking a look. I see the benefit of having something shared across Io, especially if it can support sources beyond streams. With fromStreams(), one thing I would want to preserve is the supplied stream's buffering and input behavior, including support for php://memory. We also need access to the native terminal capabilities for mode changes and Windows console input. For this RFC, I would lean towards keeping fromStdio() and fromStreams(). If a suitable shared abstraction becomes available, we could add another factory for it while keeping these entry points. The ownership and buffering rules would still need to be worked through. Did you have a particular abstraction in mind? I would be interested in understanding whether it would improve the current API, or whether keeping these factories leaves us enough room to integrate it later. Regards, Pratik