buffered input & output
R=r
DELTA=812 (803 added, 0 deleted, 9 changed)
OCL=15225
CL=15280
diff --git a/src/lib/io.go b/src/lib/io.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7770eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/io.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package io
+import os "os"
+
+export func StringToBytes(b *[]byte, s string) bool {
+ if len(s) >= len(b) {
+ return false
+ }
+ for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+ b[i] = s[i]
+ }
+ b[len(s)] = '\000'; // not necessary - memory is zeroed - but be explicit
+ return true
+}
+
+export type Read interface {
+ Read(p *[]byte) (n int, err *os.Error);
+}
+
+export type Write interface {
+ Write(p *[]byte) (n int, err *os.Error);
+}
+
+export func WriteString(w Write, s string) (n int, err *os.Error) {
+ b := new([]byte, len(s)+1)
+ if !StringToBytes(b, s) {
+ return -1, os.EINVAL
+ }
+ // BUG return w.Write(b[0:len(s)])
+ r, e := w.Write(b[0:len(s)])
+ return r, e
+}
+
