It seems to simply be common wisdom. e.g., http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2004-September/002332.html http://mail.mems-exchange.org/pipermail/quixote-users/2004-March/002743.html http://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted-python/2001-December/000644.html etc
If you can find chapter and verse on MSDN, more power to you. This page implies that the "standard handles" are only available when there is a console for the application. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/getstdhandle.asp Jeff
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