Author: ehuelsmann Date: Sun Jul 13 14:59:36 2008 New Revision: 367
Modified: public_html/api-docs.shtml Log: Update FAQ.
Modified: public_html/api-docs.shtml ============================================================================== --- public_html/api-docs.shtml (original) +++ public_html/api-docs.shtml Sun Jul 13 14:59:36 2008 @@ -159,6 +159,16 @@ <h1><a name="faqs">How do I ...</a></h1>
<dl class="faq"> +<dt>... force the output to be written to the network? +</dt> +<dd>When you write output to the stream, it may be buffered before + sent over the network - for optimal performance of small writes. You + can force the buffer to be flushed the same way as with normal streams: + +<pre>(format (socket-stream socket) "Hello there~%") ;; output into buffers +(force-output (socket-stream socket)) ;; <== flush the buffers, if any +</pre> +</dd> <dt>... check whether the other end has closed my socket stream? </dt> <dd>Reading from a stream which has been closed at the remote end