genio 0.1.0

A type safe, low level replacement for `std::io`. Because of limitations of `std::io::Error` type, `genio` provides `Read` and `Write` traits that allow implementors to choose their own type. This type can be better at expressing what kinds of error can happen.
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//! This module contains various generic utilities related to IO.

mod chain;
mod write_trunc;
mod restarting;
mod sink;
mod empty;
mod repeat;
mod repeat_bytes;
mod bytes;

pub use self::chain::Chain;
pub use self::write_trunc::WriteTrunc;
pub use self::restarting::Restarting;
pub use self::sink::Sink;
pub use self::empty::Empty;
pub use self::repeat::Repeat;
pub use self::repeat_bytes::RepeatBytes;
pub use self::bytes::Bytes;

const DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE: usize = 8 * 1024;

use {Read, Write};
use error::IOError;

/// Copies the entire contents of a reader into a writer.
///
/// This function will continuously read data from reader and then write it into writer in a
/// streaming fashion until reader returns EOF.
///
/// On success, the total number of bytes that were copied from reader to writer is returned.
///
/// # Errors
///
/// This function will return an error immediately if any call to `read` or write returns an error.
/// **Warning:** This function does not restart calls if they are interrupted by EINTR. Use
/// `genio::util::Restarting` to restart calls.
pub fn copy<R: ?Sized + Read, W: ?Sized + Write>(reader: &mut R, writer: &mut W) -> Result<u64, IOError<R::ReadError, W::WriteError>> {
    use ext::{ReadExt, ReadResult};

    let mut buf = [0; DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE];
    let mut written = 0;

    while let ReadResult::Bytes(b) = reader.read_ext(&mut buf).map_err(IOError::Read)? {
        writer.write_all(b).map_err(IOError::Write)?;
        written += b.len() as u64;
    }
    Ok(written)
}