From: Michael Neumann <mneumann@...>
Date: 2004-07-22T00:06:47+09:00
Subject: Re: sysread and buffered I/O

Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> [...]
 >
> What about this?
> 
>   1) read(n):
>        current method; no problem if less than n bytes read,
>        and no blocking
> 
>   2) read(n, :noeof):
>        as (1), but raises EOFError on end of file

:raise_on_eof reads better for me. but may be too long.

Regards,

   Michael