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The `OS.IO` structure

^Synopsis^{____________________________________________}

    signature OS_IO
    structure IO : OS_IO

The Standard ML Basis' OS.IO structure.

^Import^{______________________________________________}

Imported implicitly.

^Interface^{___________________________________________}

    signature OS_IO =
    sig
	eqtype iodesc
	eqtype iodesc_kind

	val hash :    iodesc -> word
	val compare : iodesc * iodesc -> order
	val kind :    iodesc -> iodesc_kind

	structure Kind :
	sig
	    val file :    iodesc_kind
	    val dir :     iodesc_kind
	    val symlink : iodesc_kind
	    val tty :     iodesc_kind
	    val pipe :    iodesc_kind
	    val socket :  iodesc_kind
	    val device :  iodesc_kind
	end
    end

^Description^{_________________________________________}

Like the Standard ML Basis' OS.IO structure.

Limitations: The polling functionality is currently missing:

type poll_desc and poll_info
exception Poll
pollDesc, pollToIODesc
pollIn, pollOut, pollPri
poll
isIn, isOut, isPri
infoToPollDesc

last modified 2007/Mar/30 17:10

alice library manual.

The OS.IO structure

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