Commit 88644eaa authored by isaacs's avatar isaacs
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stream: There is no _read cb, there is only push

This makes it so that `stream.push(chunk)` is the only way to signal the
end of reading, removing the confusing disparity between the
callback-style _read method, and the fact that most real-world streams
do not have a 1:1 corollation between the "please give me data" event,
and the actual arrival of a chunk of data.

It is still possible, of course, to implement a `CallbackReadable` on
top of this.  Simply provide a method like this as the callback:

    function readCallback(er, chunk) {
      if (er)
        stream.emit('error', er);
      else
        stream.push(chunk);
    }

However, *only* fs streams actually would behave in this way, so it
makes not a lot of sense to make TCP, TLS, HTTP, and all the rest have
to bend into this uncomfortable paradigm.
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