1 USING: help.markup help.syntax io strings quotations sequences ;
4 ARTICLE: "io.streams.string" "String streams"
6 { $subsection <string-reader> }
7 { $subsection <string-writer> }
9 { $subsection string-in }
10 { $subsection string-out } ;
12 ABOUT: "io.streams.string"
15 { $values { "stream" "an output stream" } }
16 { $description "Creates an output stream that collects text into a delegate string buffer. The contents of the buffer can be recovered by executing " { $link >string } ", and indeed all other sequence operations are permitted by virtue of the delegation." } ;
19 { $values { "quot" quotation } { "str" string } }
20 { $description "Calls the quotation in a new dynamic scope with " { $link stdio } " rebound to a new string writer. The accumulated string is output when the quotation returns." } ;
23 { $values { "str" string } { "stream" "an input stream" } }
24 { $description "Creates a new stream for reading " { $snippet "str" } " from beginning to end." }
25 { $notes "The implementation exploits the ability of string buffers to respond to the input stream protocol by reading characters from the end of the buffer." } ;
28 { $values { "str" string } { "quot" quotation } }
29 { $description "Calls the quotation in a new dynamic scope with " { $link stdio } " rebound to an input stream reading " { $snippet "str" } " from beginning to end. The accumulated string is output when the quotation returns." } ;