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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstd/comm/mod.rs | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/comm/mod.rs b/src/libstd/comm/mod.rs index 7700000b869..ce1c09af07c 100644 --- a/src/libstd/comm/mod.rs +++ b/src/libstd/comm/mod.rs @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ impl<T: Send> Sender<T> { /// then the other end could immediately disconnect. /// /// The purpose of this functionality is to propagate failure among tasks. - /// If failure is not desired, then consider using the `try_send` method + /// If failure is not desired, then consider using the `send_opt` method pub fn send(&self, t: T) { if self.send_opt(t).is_err() { fail!("sending on a closed channel"); @@ -669,10 +669,10 @@ impl<T: Send> SyncSender<T> { /// Attempts to send a value on this channel without blocking. /// - /// This method semantically differs from `Sender::try_send` because it can - /// fail if the receiver has not disconnected yet. If the buffer on this - /// channel is full, this function will immediately return the data back to - /// the callee. + /// This method differs from `send_opt` by returning immediately if the + /// channel's buffer is full or no receiver is waiting to acquire some + /// data. Compared with `send_opt`, this function has two failure cases + /// instead of one (one for disconnection, one for a full buffer). /// /// See `SyncSender::send` for notes about guarantees of whether the /// receiver has received the data or not if this function is successful. |