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| <H1 CLASS="title">Blocking</H1> |
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| <H2>Description</H2> |
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| A <A HREF="device.html">Device</A> is Blocking if a <CODE>read</CODE> request never produces fewer characters than requested except at end-of-stream, and if a <CODE>write</CODE> request never consumes fewer characters than requested under any circumstances. All Devices currently provided with the Iostreams library are Blocking. Limited support for non-Blocking Devices has been provided as a foundation for future more comprehensive support of <A HREF='../guide/asynchronous.html'>asynchronous and non-blocking i/o</A>. |
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| The Blocking concept does not apply to filters. Instead, filters are required to be <SPAN CLASS='term'>blocking-preserving</SPAN>, which means that |
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| a <CODE>read</CODE> request never produces fewer characters than requested unless end-of-stream has been reached or unless a <CODE>read</CODE> request to a downsteam Source produces fewer characters than requested, and |
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| a <CODE>write</CODE> request never consumes fewer characters than requested unless a <CODE>write</CODE> request to a downsteam Sink consumes fewer characters than requested. |
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| Unlike other Iostreams library concepts, Blocking is not associated with any <A HREF='../guide/traits.html#category_tags'>category tag</A>. In the future, a <CODE>non_blocking_tag</CODE> may be introduced. |
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| <H2>Refinement of</H2> |
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| <P><A HREF="device.html">Device</A>.</P> |
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| <P>Same as <A HREF="device.html">Device</A>.</P> |
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| <P>Valid expressions are the same as <A HREF="device.html">Device</A>. The additional semantic requirements are described informally above.</P> |
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| <P CLASS="copyright">Revised 02 Feb 2008</P> |
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