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-rw-r--r-- | doc/api.mdwn | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/modules/luaevent.core.buffer.mdwn | 9 |
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diff --git a/doc/api.mdwn b/doc/api.mdwn index aa528d4..85d572a 100644 --- a/doc/api.mdwn +++ b/doc/api.mdwn @@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ Modules: * [[modules/luaevent.core.buffer]] - Interface to libevent's evbuffer * [[modules/luaevent.core.bufferevent]] - Interface to libevent's bufferevent * [[modules/luaevent]] - Higher level wrapper mimicking [copas](http://www.luaforge.net/projects/copas) + +Note: Any reference to a "File Descriptor" may in fact be one of the following: +* Integer value of file descriptor +* lightuserdata 'handle' (cast to a native integer) +* [LuaSocket](http://www.luaforge.net/projects/luasocket)-based socket handle
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/doc/modules/luaevent.core.buffer.mdwn b/doc/modules/luaevent.core.buffer.mdwn index 4b2eac4..e2782a7 100644 --- a/doc/modules/luaevent.core.buffer.mdwn +++ b/doc/modules/luaevent.core.buffer.mdwn @@ -27,17 +27,16 @@ Functions: ## buffer:read * Reads data from a file-descriptor/socket into the buffer directly -* Input: `(integer/lightuserdata fd OR socket, length)` - * `fd` - File descriptor as integer or lightuserdata 'handle' (cast to a native integer) - * `socket` - [LuaSocket](http://www.luaforge.net/projects/luasocket)-based socket handle +* Input: `(fd, length)` + * `fd` - File descriptor to read from * `length` - Amount of data to attempt to read into the buffer * Output: Length of data actually read into the buffer * Side Effects: fd/socket 'drain'ed of data ## buffer:write * Attempts to write out all buffer's data to a file-descriptor/socket -* Input: `(integer/lightuserdata fd OR socket, length)` - * `fd` - File descriptor as integer or lightuserdata 'handle' (cast to a native integer) +* Input: `(fd, length)` + * `fd` - File descriptor to write to * `socket` - [LuaSocket](http://www.luaforge.net/projects/luasocket)-based socket handle * Output: Amount of data written * Side Effects: buffer 'drain'ed of written data |