Module Reader

io_stats Overall IO statistics for all readers

last_read_time t returns time of the most recent read system call that returned data.

stdin is a reader for file descriptor 0. It is lazy because we don't want to create it in all programs that happen to link with Async.

open_file file opens file for reading and returns a reader reading from it.

transfer t pipe_w transfers data from t into pipe_w one chunk at a time (whatever is read from the underlying file descriptor without post-processing). The result becomes determined after reaching EOF on t and the final bytes have been transferred, or if pipe_w is closed.

This function will normally not be needed (see pipe).

pipe t returns the reader end of a pipe that will continually be filled with chunks of data from the underlying Reader.t. When the reader reaches EOF or the pipe is closed, pipe closes the the reader, and then after the reader close is finished, closes the pipe.

of_pipe info pipe_r returns a reader t that receives all the data from pipe_r. If pipe_r is closed, t will see an EOF (but will not be automatically closed). If t is closed, then pipe_r will stop being drained.

of_pipe is implemented by shuttling bytes from pipe_r to the write-end of a Unix pipe, with t being attached to the read end of the Unix pipe.

create ~buf_len fd creates a new reader that is reading from fd.

with_file file f opens files, creates a reader with it, and passes the reader to f. It closes the reader when the result of f becomes determined, and returns f's result.

NOTE, you need to be careful that all your IO is done when the deferred you return becomes determined. If for example, you use with_file, and call lines, make sure you return a deferred that becomes determined when the EOF is reached on the pipe, not when you get the pipe (because you get it straight away).

close t prevents further use of t and closes t's underlying file descriptor. The result of close becomes determined once the underlying file descriptor has been closed. It is an error to call other operations on t after close t has been called, except that calls of close subsequent to the original call to close will return the same deferred as the original call.

close_finished t becomes determined after t's underlying file descriptor has been closed, i.e. it is the same as the result of close. close_finished differs from close in that it does not have the side effect of initiating a close.

is_closed t returns true iff close t has been called.

with_close t ~f runs f (), and closes t after f finishes or raises.

id t

fd t

read t ?pos ?len buf reads up to len bytes into buf, blocking until some data is available or end-of-input is reached. The resulting i satisfies 0 < i <= len.

drain t reads and ignores all data from t until it hits EOF, and then closes t.

read_one_iobuf_at_a_time is like read_one_chunk_at_a_time, except that the user-supplied handle_chunk function receives its data in an Iobuf.t, and uses the Iobuf position to communicate how much data was consumed. read_one_iobuf_at_a_time is implemented as a wrapper around read_one_chunk_at_a_time.

read_substring t ss reads up to Substring.length ss bytes into ss, blocking until some data is available or Eof is reched. The resulting i satisfies 0 < i <= Substring.length ss.

really_read t buf ?pos ?len reads until it fills len bytes of buf starting at pos or runs out of input. In the former case it returns `Ok. In the latter, it returns `Eof n where n is the number of bytes that were read before end of input, and 0 <= n < String.length ss.

read_until t pred ~keep_delim reads until it hits a delimiter c such that:

• if pred = `Char c' then c = c'
• if pred = `Pred p then p c

`Char c' is equivalent to `Pred (fun c -> c = c') but the underlying implementation is more efficient, in particular it will not call a function on every input character.

read_until returns a freshly-allocated string consisting of all the characters read and optionally including the delimiter as per keep_delim.

just like read_until, except you have the option of specifiying a maximum number of chars to read.

read_line t reads up to, and including the next newline (\n) character (or \r\n) and returns a freshly-allocated string containing everything up to but not including the newline character. If read_line encounters EOF before the newline char then everything read up to but not including EOF will be returned as a line.

really_read_line ~wait_time t reads up to, and including the next newline (\n) character and returns an optional, freshly-allocated string containing everything up to but not including the newline character. If really_read_line encounters EOF before the newline char, then a time span of wait_time will be used before the input operation is retried. If the descriptor is closed, None will be returned.

read_sexp t reads the next sexp.

read_sexps t reads all the sexps and returns them as a pipe. When the reader reaches EOF or the pipe is closed, read_sexps closes the the reader, and then after the reader close is finished, closes the pipe.

read_bin_prot ?max_len t bp_reader reads the next binary protocol message using binary protocol reader bp_reader. The format is the "size-prefixed binary protocol", in which the length of the data is prefixed as a 64-bit integer to the data. This is the format that Writer.write_bin_prot writes.

For higher performance, consider Unpack_sequence.unpack_bin_prot_from_reader.

Read and return a buffer containing one marshaled value, but don't unmarshal it. You can just call Marshal.from_string on the string, and cast it to the desired type (preferrably the actual type). similar to Marshal.from_channel, but suffers from the String-length limitation (16MB) on 32bit platforms.

Like read_marshal_raw, but unmarshal the value after reading it

recv t returns a string that was written with Writer.send

read_all t read_one returns a pipe that receives all values read from t by repeatedly using read_one t. When the reader reaches EOF, it closes the reader, and then after the reader close is finished, closes the pipe.

lseek t offset ~mode clears t's buffer and calls Unix.lseek on t's file descriptor. The `Cur mode is not exposed because seeking relative to the current position of the file descriptor is not the same as seeking to relative to the current position of the reader.

lines t reads all the lines from t and puts them in the pipe, one line per pipe element. The lines do not contain the trailing newline. When the reader reaches EOF or the pipe is closed, lines closes the the reader, and then after the reader close is finished, closes the pipe.

contents t returns the string corresponding to the full contents (up to EOF) of the reader. contents closes t before returning the string.

file_contents file returns the string with the full contents of the file

file_lines file returns a list of the lines in the file. The lines do not contain the trailing newline.