Return error from WriteByte, to match bufio.Writer.
R=gri
DELTA=4 (1 added, 0 deleted, 3 changed)
OCL=28868
CL=28899
diff --git a/src/lib/io/bytebuffer.go b/src/lib/io/bytebuffer.go
index 5d4cd8a..c862818 100644
--- a/src/lib/io/bytebuffer.go
+++ b/src/lib/io/bytebuffer.go
@@ -75,10 +75,11 @@
}
// WriteByte appends the byte c to the buffer.
-// Because Write never fails and WriteByte is not part of the
-// io.Writer interface, it does not need to return a value.
-func (b *ByteBuffer) WriteByte(c byte) {
+// The returned error is always nil, but is included
+// to match bufio.Writer's WriteByte.
+func (b *ByteBuffer) WriteByte(c byte) os.Error {
b.Write([]byte{c});
+ return nil;
}
// Read reads the next len(p) bytes from the buffer or until the buffer
