Hello,
There are a number of issues related to D's current handling of streams, including the existence of the imperfect etc.stream and the over-specialization of std.stdio.
Steve has worked on an extensive overhaul of std.stdio which would obviate the need for etc.stream and would improve both the generality and efficiency of std.stdio.
Please chime in with feedback; he's away from the Usenet but allowed me to post this on his behalf. I uploaded the docs to
http://erdani.com/d/new-stdio/phobos-prerelease/std_stdio.html Thanks, Andrei
