haskell@gentoo.org
Gentoo Haskell
Due to the design of POSIX, it is possible to temporarily overload the
file descriptors corresponding to stdout and stderr to point to an
arbitrary pipe. It is, however, tricky to get right. This module gets
it right, as far as such a terrible hack can be made right. It can be
used to make misbehaving third-party C libraries stop spewing to
standard output. Warning: the module author has concluded that due to
lack of portability, this module should not be used in any serious
sytem. But, for those who like living dangerously...