zero - Create and manipulate zero channels
package require Tcl
package require memchan
zero
The command described here is only available in a not-yet released
version of the package. Use the CVS to get the sources.
- zero
- creates a zero channel which absorbs everything written into it. Reading
from a zero channel will return the requested number of null bytes. These
channels are essentially Tcl-specific variants of the zero device for
unixoid operating systems (/dev/zero). Transfering the generated channel
between interpreters is possible but does not make much sense.
Memory channels created by zero provide one additional
option to set or query.
- -delay
?milliseconds?
- A zero channel is always writable and readable. This means that all
fileevent-handlers will fire continuously. To avoid starvation of
other event sources the events raised by this channel type have a
configurable delay. This option is set in milliseconds and defaults to
5.
fifo, fifo2, memchan, null, random
channel, i/o, in-memory channel, null, zero
Copyright (c) 2004 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>