in reply to Re^6: STDERR going to string
in thread STDERR going to string

The source of the problem *is* perlIO. Not the underlying Windows CRT calls. With the PerlIO #defines in place, you cannot even do:

fprintf( stderr, ... );

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Without perl crashing in a heap around your ears.

However, if in your XS code, you #undef stderr to bypass the ridiculous PerlIO redefinitions, things begin to work. But you also have to defeat all the other pointless PerlIO redefinitions.

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