raw stdin/out on WIN32?

[Gordon McMillan]

Yann SAMAMA wrote:

> Finally I've found the solution to redefine the way stdin/out/err are opened
> on WIN32.
> 
> ****code begins here****
> import sys
> if sys.platform == "win32":
>     import msvcrt
>     msvcrt.setmode(0, os.0_BINARY) # 0 = stdin, 1 = stdout, 2 = stderr, you
> can also use sys.stdin/out/err.fileno()
> ****code ends here****
> 
> The most interesting thing is that this code raises an exception under
> PythonWin, and works perfectly when run from the shell (command.com)?

That's because Windows GUIs have no stdin, stdout or stderr. 
Pythonwin emulates these, but they are not files at all.

- Gordon