method

wait

Ruby latest stable (v2_5_5) - 0 notes - Class: IO

wait(*args) public

Waits until IO is readable or writable without blocking and returns self, or nil when times out. Returns true immediately when buffered data is available. Optional parameter mode is one of :read, :write, or :read_write.

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static VALUE
io_wait_readwrite(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE io)
{
    rb_io_t *fptr;
    struct timeval timerec;
    struct timeval *tv = NULL;
    int event = 0;
    int i;

    GetOpenFile(io, fptr);
    for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
        if (SYMBOL_P(argv[i])) {
            event |= wait_mode_sym(argv[i]);
        }
        else {
            *(tv = &timerec) = rb_time_interval(argv[i]);
        }
    }
    /* rb_time_interval() and might_mode() might convert the argument */
    rb_io_check_closed(fptr);
    if (!event) event = RB_WAITFD_IN;
    if ((event & RB_WAITFD_IN) && rb_io_read_pending(fptr))
        return Qtrue;
    if (wait_for_single_fd(fptr, event, tv))
        return io;
    return Qnil;
}

wait

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