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| author | Steve Bennett <steveb@workware.net.au> | 2010-11-15 11:24:31 +1000 |
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| committer | Steve Bennett <steveb@workware.net.au> | 2010-11-24 09:40:45 +1000 |
| commit | 96466972c70a61becc8c332d0b991038ab7028f1 (patch) | |
| tree | 9dcead1ec018bb47361ac9a1781af499ab9c804f /jim_tcl.txt | |
| parent | 373b721510fd2d0754a41cc70a3b7cfd02e929bd (diff) | |
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Remove the bio extension and add 'copyto' to aio.
The bio extension is a hangover from TinyTcl. Since Jim
supports binary strings, there isn't much need for it except for
'bio copy'. So move this to aio as 'copyto' and implement 'file copy'
in terms of it.
Signed-off-by: Steve Bennett <steveb@workware.net.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'jim_tcl.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | jim_tcl.txt | 29 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/jim_tcl.txt b/jim_tcl.txt index 443f96b..0834a57 100644 --- a/jim_tcl.txt +++ b/jim_tcl.txt @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Since v0.63: 1. $::platform_tcl() settings are now automatically determined 2. Add aio '$handle filename' 3. Add 'info channels' +4. The 'bio' extension is gone. Now 'aio' supports 'copyto'. Since v0.62: @@ -4131,29 +4132,6 @@ OPTIONAL-EXTENSIONS The following extensions may or may not be available depending upon what options were selected when Jim Tcl was built. -bio -~~~ -The bio command provides a way to read and write binary files -from within Tcl. Note that since Jim supports binary strings, the -main use of this command is 'bio copy' to easily copy between file -descriptors. - -+*bio read ?-hex?* 'fd var numbytes'+:: - Read bytes from a file descriptor. By default the data is not encoded. - Using *-hex* encodes the data as ascii hex instead. Returns - the number of bytes actually read. - -+*bio write ?-hex?* 'fd buf'+:: - Write a string to a file descriptor. If *-hex* is specified, the - string is expected to be in ascii hexx format. Returns the number - of bytes actually written. - -+*bio copy* 'fromfd tofd ?numbytes?'+:: - Copy binary data from the file descriptor *fromfd* to the - file descriptor *tofd*. If *numbytes* is specified, at most that many - bytes will be copied. Otherwise copying continues until the end - of the input file. Returns the number of bytes actually copied. - posix: os.fork, os.wait, os.gethostname, os.getids, os.uptime ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +*os.fork*+:: @@ -4202,6 +4180,11 @@ aio +$handle *puts ?-nonewline?* 'str'+:: Write the string, with newline unless -nonewline ++$handle *copyto* 'tofd ?size?'+:: + Copy bytes to the file descriptor *tofd*. If *size* is specified, at most + that many bytes will be copied. Otherwise copying continues until the end + of the input file. Returns the number of bytes actually copied. + +$handle *flush*+:: Flush the stream |