Ticket UUID: | 6a19dedc2e2ddd6040a480c8cffd0503db734453 | |||
Title: | Documentation error for chan copy / fcopy | |||
Type: | Bug | Version: | 8.6.5 | |
Submitter: | apnadkarni | Created on: | 2016-07-19 16:55:12 | |
Subsystem: | 16. Commands A-H | Assigned To: | dkf | |
Priority: | 3 Low | Severity: | Minor | |
Status: | Closed | Last Modified: | 2016-07-24 13:12:25 | |
Resolution: | Fixed | Closed By: | dkf | |
Closed on: | 2016-07-24 13:12:25 | |||
Description: |
Manpage for chan copy and fcopy both state "returns the number of bytes written to outputChan." and then later "Only the number of bytes written to outputChan is reported, " dgp on the chat states: 22:15] dgp it's the number of chars attempted to read from inchan [22:17] dgp I don't think I changed this in my 2014 work, but check it. [22:19] dgp I think you don't want to copy a partial char Experimentation indicates dgp is correct. It appears to be number of chars, not bytes, and on input, not output. | |||
User Comments: |
dkf added on 2016-07-24 13:12:25:
Well, that's messy. The units are the same as for the |