-- This file is  free  software, which  comes  along  with  SmallEiffel. This
-- software  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 
-- ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-- FITNESS  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You can modify it as you want, provided
-- this header is kept unaltered, and a notification of the changes is added.
-- You  are  allowed  to  redistribute  it and sell it, alone or as a part of 
-- another product.
--          Copyright (C) 1994-98 LORIA - UHP - CRIN - INRIA - FRANCE
--            Dominique COLNET and Suzanne COLLIN - colnet@loria.fr 
--                       http://www.loria.fr/SmallEiffel
--
class STD_ERROR
--
-- To write on the standard error output. As for UNIX, the default
-- standard error file is the screen.
--
-- Note: only one instance of this class should be necessary (have a look
-- in the root classes to search for the good name to use).
-- 
   
inherit OUTPUT_STREAM;
   
creation make
   
feature

   is_connected: BOOLEAN is true;

feature
   
   make is
      do
      end;
   
feature

   put_character(c: CHARACTER) is
      do
	 write_byte(stderr,c);
      end;

   flush is
      do
	 flush_stream(stderr);
      end;

feature {NONE}   
   
   stderr: POINTER is
      external "SmallEiffel"
      end;

end -- STD_ERROR