buffer_peek(3diet)

buffer_peek3diet

Return pointer to string in buffer

Usage

#include <buffer.h>

int buffer_peek(buffer* b);

Overview

buffer_peek returns a pointer to the first byte of the string in the buffer.

Examples

buffer_feed, buffer_peek and buffer_seek can be used for efficient reading loops, nearly the same speed as calling op directly:

for (;;) {
r = buffer_feed(&b);
if (r <= 0) return r;
x = buffer_peek(&b);
dosomething(x,r);
buffer_seek(&b,r);
}

Releases

Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

  1. 3.1–6.0

From libowfat-dev 0.28-2 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.