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* posix.c (scm_pipe): rewrote the docstring.

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(and fixed a bug in the scm_select change)
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Gary Houston 2000-01-29 19:50:36 +00:00
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commit ae1b098b07
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@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
2000-01-29 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
* posix.c (scm_pipe): rewrote the docstring.
* filesys.c (scm_select, retrieve_select_type, get_element,
fill_select_type, set_element): modified so that Scheme
"select" tests port buffers for the ability to provide input

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libguile/filesys.c
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@ -1050,18 +1050,19 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_select, "select", 3, 2, 0,
max_fd = except_max;
}
if (SCM_UNBNDP (secs) || SCM_FALSEP (secs))
time_ptr = 0;
else
{
/* if there's a port with a ready buffer, don't block, just
check for ready file descriptors. */
if (read_ports_ready != SCM_EOL || write_ports_ready != SCM_EOL)
{
timeout.tv_sec = 0;
timeout.tv_usec = 0;
time_ptr = &timeout;
}
else if (SCM_INUMP (secs))
else if (SCM_UNBNDP (secs) || SCM_FALSEP (secs))
time_ptr = 0;
else
{
if (SCM_INUMP (secs))
{
timeout.tv_sec = SCM_INUM (secs);
if (SCM_UNBNDP (usecs))

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libguile/posix.c
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@ -168,13 +168,18 @@ SCM_SYMBOL (sym_write_pipe, "write pipe");
SCM_DEFINE (scm_pipe, "pipe", 0, 0, 0,
(),
"Creates a pipe which can be used for communication. The return value\n"
"is a pair in which the CAR contains an input port and the CDR an\n"
"output port. Data written to the output port can be read from the\n"
"input port. Note that both ports are buffered so it may be necessary\n"
"to flush the output port before data will actually be sent across the pipe.\n"
"Alternatively a buffer can be added to the port using @code{setvbuf}\n"
"(see below).")
"Returns a newly created pipe: a pair of ports which are linked\n"
"together on the local machine. The CAR is the input port and\n"
"the CDR is the output port. Data written (and flushed) to the\n"
"output port can be read from the input port.\n"
"Pipes are commonly used for communication with a newly\n"
"forked child process. @code{setvbuf} can be used to remove the\n"
"buffer from the output port: then data written will be\n"
"available at the input port even if the output port is not\n"
"flushed. Note that the output port is likely\n"
"to block if too much data is written without reading from\n"
"the input port."
)
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_pipe
{
int fd[2], rv;