declaration/definition
declare no-default-io
If an OmniMark program is invoked in an environment in which standard error, standard input, and standard
output are not available, you will receive a runtime error if you attempt to read standard input or to write to
standard output or standard error. If you include the no-default-io declaration in your program,
however, attempts to use these standard I/O mechanisms will be flagged as compile time errors. We recommend that
you add declare no-default-io to any program that will be invoked in an environment where
standard I/O is not available. Note that declare no-default-io applies to attempts to
read #main-input and #process-input and attempts to write
to #main-output , #process-output , and #error . It cannot detect attempts by
external functions to write to standard I/O.
When used, declare no-default-io must appear before any rule, function definition, or global
shelf declaration.
declare no-default-io declaration cannot be used in a module.
declare no-default-io cannot be used in aided translation type programs
(cross-translate , and context-translate , down-translate , and up-translate ).
When using declare no-default-io, #current-output and #current-input do
not become available until explicitly connected by the program, as shown in this example:
declare no-default-io global stream in-file global stream out-file process set in-file to file "inputfile" open out-file as "outputfile" using input as in-file using output as out-file submit #current-input close out-file