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Diffstat (limited to 'library/std/src/io/mod.rs')
| -rw-r--r-- | library/std/src/io/mod.rs | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/library/std/src/io/mod.rs b/library/std/src/io/mod.rs index 23a13523fc2..de528e85368 100644 --- a/library/std/src/io/mod.rs +++ b/library/std/src/io/mod.rs @@ -2137,8 +2137,10 @@ pub trait BufRead: Read { } /// Read all bytes until a newline (the `0xA` byte) is reached, and append - /// them to the provided buffer. You do not need to clear the buffer before - /// appending. + /// them to the provided `String` buffer. + /// + /// Previous content of the buffer will be preserved. To avoid appending to + /// the buffer, you need to [`clear`] it first. /// /// This function will read bytes from the underlying stream until the /// newline delimiter (the `0xA` byte) or EOF is found. Once found, all bytes @@ -2151,9 +2153,11 @@ pub trait BufRead: Read { /// /// This function is blocking and should be used carefully: it is possible for /// an attacker to continuously send bytes without ever sending a newline - /// or EOF. + /// or EOF. You can use [`take`] to limit the maximum number of bytes read. /// /// [`Ok(0)`]: Ok + /// [`clear`]: String::clear + /// [`take`]: crate::io::Read::take /// /// # Errors /// |