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| author | Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | 2011-03-24 23:09:19 -0500 |
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| committer | Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | 2011-03-26 00:17:35 -0500 |
| commit | 7e2fe3a9fc816391b322ad9b3f2adf9342631db6 (patch) | |
| tree | dfff25606bdefe49287d379f2e3bc538af1013d3 /vcs-svn/line_buffer.txt | |
| parent | e7d04ee147dcbe6af1fa1d2147466696e2be31bc (diff) | |
| download | git-7e2fe3a9fc816391b322ad9b3f2adf9342631db6.tar.gz | |
vcs-svn: remove buffer_read_string
All previous users of buffer_read_string have already been converted
to use the more intuitive buffer_read_binary, so remove the old API to
avoid some confusion.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'vcs-svn/line_buffer.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | vcs-svn/line_buffer.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/vcs-svn/line_buffer.txt b/vcs-svn/line_buffer.txt index 4ef0755cf5..8e139eb22d 100644 --- a/vcs-svn/line_buffer.txt +++ b/vcs-svn/line_buffer.txt @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ The calling program: - initializes a `struct line_buffer` to LINE_BUFFER_INIT - specifies a file to read with `buffer_init` - - processes input with `buffer_read_line`, `buffer_read_string`, - `buffer_skip_bytes`, and `buffer_copy_bytes` + - processes input with `buffer_read_line`, `buffer_skip_bytes`, + and `buffer_copy_bytes` - closes the file with `buffer_deinit`, perhaps to start over and read another file. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ the calling program. A program the temporary file - declares writing is over with `buffer_tmpfile_prepare_to_read` - can re-read what was written with `buffer_read_line`, - `buffer_read_string`, and so on + `buffer_copy_bytes`, and so on - can reuse the temporary file by calling `buffer_tmpfile_rewind` again - removes the temporary file with `buffer_deinit`, perhaps to @@ -64,12 +64,6 @@ Functions Read a line and strip off the trailing newline. On failure or end of file, returns NULL. -`buffer_read_string`:: - Read `len` characters of input or up to the end of the - file, whichever comes first. Returns NULL on error. - Returns whatever characters were read (possibly "") - for end of file. - `buffer_copy_bytes`:: Read `len` bytes of input and dump them to the standard output stream. Returns early for error or end of file. |