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<p>
Attempt to read a certain amount of data from a stream before returning.
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span>
<span class="keyword">typename</span> <a class="link" href="../SyncReadStream.html" title="Buffer-oriented synchronous read stream requirements">SyncReadStream</a><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">read</span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">SyncReadStream</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">basic_streambuf</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">Allocator</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">);</span>
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This function is used to read a certain number of bytes of data from a
stream. The call will block until one of the following conditions is true:
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An error occurred.
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This operation is implemented in terms of zero or more calls to the stream's
read_some function.
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<dt><span class="term">s</span></dt>
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The stream from which the data is to be read. The type must support
the SyncReadStream concept.
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<dt><span class="term">b</span></dt>
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The <a class="link" href="../basic_streambuf.html" title="basic_streambuf"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">basic_streambuf</span></code></a> object into
which the data will be read.
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Value</a>
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The number of bytes transferred.
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Thrown on failure.
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This overload is equivalent to calling:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">read</span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">transfer_all</span><span class="special">());</span>
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