Add doc for Reading from &str and some related cleanup

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Garrett Berg 2017-11-18 16:10:14 -07:00
parent b1409af73d
commit 44da4a0656

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@ -419,14 +419,8 @@ fn read_to_end<R: Read + ?Sized>(r: &mut R, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Result<usize>
///
/// [`File`]s implement `Read`:
///
/// [`read()`]: trait.Read.html#tymethod.read
/// [`std::io`]: ../../std/io/index.html
/// [`File`]: ../fs/struct.File.html
/// [`BufRead`]: trait.BufRead.html
/// [`BufReader`]: struct.BufReader.html
///
/// ```
/// use std::io;
/// # use std::io;
/// use std::io::prelude::*;
/// use std::fs::File;
///
@ -449,6 +443,32 @@ fn read_to_end<R: Read + ?Sized>(r: &mut R, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> Result<usize>
/// # Ok(())
/// # }
/// ```
///
/// Read from `&str` because [`&[u8]`] implements [`Read`]:
///
/// ```
/// # use std::io;
/// use std::io::prelude::*;
///
/// # fn foo() -> io::Result<()> {
/// let mut b = "This string will be read".as_bytes();
/// let mut buffer = [0; 10];
///
/// // read up to 10 bytes
/// b.read(&mut buffer)?;
///
/// // etc... it works exactly as a File does!
/// # Ok(())
/// # }
/// ```
///
/// [`read()`]: trait.Read.html#tymethod.read
/// [`std::io`]: ../../std/io/index.html
/// [`File`]: ../fs/struct.File.html
/// [`BufRead`]: trait.BufRead.html
/// [`BufReader`]: struct.BufReader.html
/// [`&[u8]`]: primitive.slice.html
///
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
pub trait Read {
/// Pull some bytes from this source into the specified buffer, returning