From: nagachika00@...
Date: 2014-06-30T18:12:39+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:63447] [ruby-trunk - Bug #8625] IO#read(len, buf) shortens buf even if data is not read actually

Issue #8625 has been updated by Tomoyuki Chikanaga.

Backport changed from 2.0.0: REQUIRED, 2.1: REQUIRED to 2.0.0: REQUIRED, 2.1: DONE

Backported into `ruby_2_1` branch at r46629.

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Bug #8625: IO#read(len, buf) shortens buf even if data is not read actually
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8625#change-47490

* Author: Nobuhiro IMAI
* Status: Closed
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: Nobuyoshi Nakada
* Category: core
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: ruby 2.1.0dev (2013-07-11 trunk 41923) [x86_64-linux]
* Backport: 2.0.0: REQUIRED, 2.1: DONE
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By r34580, `IO#read(len, buf)` does not expand _buf_ until data is read actually,
but it still shortens if the original _buf_ size is greater than _len_.
Is this an intended behavior?

~~~ruby
def m(s)
  IO.pipe do |r, w|
    t = Thread.new{r.read(2, s)}
    Thread.pass until t.stop?
    t.kill
    t.value
  end
end

(1..3).each do |len|
  s = "x" * len
  s # => "x", "xx", "xxx"
  m(s)
  s # => "x", "xx", "xx"
end
~~~




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