-/// raw_stderr_ostream - This is a stream that always prints to stderr.
-///
-class raw_stderr_ostream : public raw_fd_ostream {
- // An out of line virtual method to provide a home for the class vtable.
- virtual void handle();
-public:
- raw_stderr_ostream();
+ /// has_error - Return the value of the flag in this raw_fd_ostream indicating
+ /// whether an output error has been encountered.
+ /// This doesn't implicitly flush any pending output. Also, it doesn't
+ /// guarantee to detect all errors unless the stream has been closed.
+ bool has_error() const {
+ return Error;
+ }
+
+ /// clear_error - Set the flag read by has_error() to false. If the error
+ /// flag is set at the time when this raw_ostream's destructor is called,
+ /// report_fatal_error is called to report the error. Use clear_error()
+ /// after handling the error to avoid this behavior.
+ ///
+ /// "Errors should never pass silently.
+ /// Unless explicitly silenced."
+ /// - from The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters
+ ///
+ void clear_error() {
+ Error = false;
+ }