syscall: reading os.Stdin does not treat ^Z as EOF on Windows

[mattn]

1. call io.Copy(os.Stdout, os.Stdin)
2. Type CTRL-Z on console


What is the expected output?

  Interrupt stdin

What do you see instead?

  Seeing ^Z character

Which compiler are you using (5g, 6g, 8g, gccgo)?

  8g

Which operating system are you using?

  Windows 7

Which version are you using?  (run 'go version')

  go version devel +2f13cc5d7043 Tue Aug 27 14:53:57 2013 +1000 windows/386


Please provide any additional information below.

  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-dev/xnjP0VlL2nw

[rsc]

Comment 1:

Labels changed: added priority-later, go1.3maybe, removed priority-triage.

Status changed to Accepted.

[rsc]

Comment 2:

Labels changed: added release-none, removed go1.3maybe.

[rsc]

Comment 3:

Labels changed: added repo-main.

[gopherbot]

Comment 4:

CL https://golang.org/cl/95780046 mentions this issue.

[peterGo]

Comment 5:

More complaints:
Ctrl-Z and EOF in Windows shells
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-nuts/7rMVIUW8Fic
One proposed solution to this issue:
os,syscall: use ReadFile/MultiByteToWideChar to read from console
https://golang.org/cl/45150045/
Another proposed solution to this issue:
os,syscall: On Windows, recognize Control-Z for console input
https://golang.org/cl/95780046/

[peterGo]

Comment 6:

A minimal test program.

Attachments:

1. i6303.go (143 bytes)

[mattn]

https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/4310/

[techtonik]

+1 for fixing this. Looks like the only way to terminate input from stdin in Go 1.4.2 is to be prepared for it.