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authorMathieu David <mathieudavid@mathieudavid.org>2015-07-27 20:46:01 +0200
committerMathieu David <mathieudavid@mathieudavid.org>2015-07-27 20:46:01 +0200
commitf6e9240a99e86d2c799dc29f179dd2870e51f71d (patch)
treea7e5ba20745b16949a45a4612b2708e262693a7b /src/libstd/sync
parent003c3eaa62981b791f9eb7bcad015baa1e00d98c (diff)
parent3351afeecffcc9ebaeb1188a5cde976da8e4a5aa (diff)
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Fix the relative path issue by including the files using include_bytes!
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-rw-r--r--src/libstd/sync/mpsc/mod.rs42
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/sync/mpsc/mod.rs b/src/libstd/sync/mpsc/mod.rs
index 77aeeca7968..1453c91fd4d 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sync/mpsc/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sync/mpsc/mod.rs
@@ -768,6 +768,48 @@ impl<T> Receiver<T> {
     /// If the corresponding `Sender` has disconnected, or it disconnects while
     /// this call is blocking, this call will wake up and return `Err` to
     /// indicate that no more messages can ever be received on this channel.
+    /// However, since channels are buffered, messages sent before the disconnect
+    /// will still be properly received.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use std::sync::mpsc;
+    /// use std::thread;
+    ///
+    /// let (send, recv) = mpsc::channel();
+    /// let handle = thread::spawn(move || {
+    ///     send.send(1u8).unwrap();
+    /// });
+    ///
+    /// handle.join().unwrap();
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(Ok(1), recv.recv());
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// Buffering behavior:
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use std::sync::mpsc;
+    /// use std::thread;
+    /// use std::sync::mpsc::RecvError;
+    ///
+    /// let (send, recv) = mpsc::channel();
+    /// let handle = thread::spawn(move || {
+    ///     send.send(1u8).unwrap();
+    ///     send.send(2).unwrap();
+    ///     send.send(3).unwrap();
+    ///     drop(send);
+    /// });
+    ///
+    /// // wait for the thread to join so we ensure the sender is dropped
+    /// handle.join().unwrap();
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(Ok(1), recv.recv());
+    /// assert_eq!(Ok(2), recv.recv());
+    /// assert_eq!(Ok(3), recv.recv());
+    /// assert_eq!(Err(RecvError), recv.recv());
+    /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn recv(&self) -> Result<T, RecvError> {
         loop {