Thread: Hardware IO in linux

I am a fan of C file streams over C++, so that would be my way to go. But I am not the OP so perhaps....

Example:

Code:

fstream *printer(mode_t perm)
{
#ifdef ELYSIA
  fstream *f = NULL;
#else
  fstream *f = 0;
#endif

  int fd = open("/dev/parport0", O_RDWR, perm);

  // do whatever you need to do....

  try
  {
    f = new fstream(fd);
  } catch(std::exception e)
  {
    close(fd);
    abort();
  }

  return f;
}

Originally Posted by master5001

Code:

..
#ifdef ELYSIA
  fstream *f = NULL;
#else
  fstream *f = 0;
#endif
...

LOL and feel a bit worried I understood the joke...