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-rw-r--r--doc/OpenFileChnl.36
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 840688e..04cbb58 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2004-07-16 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com>
+ * doc/OpenFileChnl.3: Added description of the behaviour of
+ Tcl_ReadChars when its 'charsToRead' argument is set to
+ -1. Fixes [Tcl SF Bug 934511].
+
* doc/CrtCommand.3: Added note that the arguments given to the
command proc of a Tcl_CreateCommand are in utf8 since Tcl
8.1. Closing [Tcl SF Patch 414778].
diff --git a/doc/OpenFileChnl.3 b/doc/OpenFileChnl.3
index cf99bab..295f055 100644
--- a/doc/OpenFileChnl.3
+++ b/doc/OpenFileChnl.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: OpenFileChnl.3,v 1.24 2004/05/17 09:19:59 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: OpenFileChnl.3,v 1.25 2004/07/16 22:22:35 andreas_kupries Exp $
.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_OpenFileChannel 3 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
.BS
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@ that were stored in \fIreadObjPtr\fR. If an error occurs while reading, the
return value is \-1 and \fBTcl_ReadChars\fR records a POSIX error code that
can be retrieved with \fBTcl_GetErrno\fR.
.PP
+Setting \fIcharsToRead\fR to \fB-1\fR will cause the command to read
+all characters currently available (non-blocking) or everything until
+eof (blocking mode).
+.PP
The return value may be smaller than the value to read, indicating that less
data than requested was available. This is called a \fIshort read\fR. In
blocking mode, this can only happen on an end-of-file. In nonblocking mode,