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stream.read_all

Synopsis

local stream = require "stream"
stream.read_all(io_object, buffer: byte_span) -> integer

Description

Read data until the supplied buffer is full and blocks current fiber until it completes or errs.

Returns the buffer's size (number of bytes read).

As in Boost.Asio:

This operation is implemented in terms of zero or more calls to the stream’s async_read_some function, and is known as a composed operation. The program must ensure that the stream performs no other read operations (such as async_read, the stream’s async_read_some function, or any other composed operations that perform reads) until this operation completes.