stream_receive_int8s
Receives an array of 8-bit integer data from a stream.
[data, would_block] = stream_receive_int8s(stream, num_int8s)
This function receives data over a client stream. It attempts to receive num_int8s 8-bit integers from the communication channel. It has the same semantics as the stream_receive function.
If stream_listen or stream_connect was called with the non-blocking flag set to false (0), then this function blocks until all the data is read. If the connection has been closed gracefully then it returns an empty array only once there is no more data to receive. Otherwise it returns the array of 8-bit integers read before the connection closed. Once all the data in the stream buffer is exhausted it will return an empty array to indicate the connection has been closed. If an error occurs, then it issues an error message.
If stream_listen or stream_connect was called with the non-blocking flag set to true (1), then this function does not block. If no data is available at all then it returns would_block equal to true. In this case, the stream_poll function may be used with the 'receive' flag to determine when data becomes available. Otherwise it returns the array of 8-bit integers received.
The semantics of this function differ from the BSD recv() socket function because it receives num_int8s in blocking mode rather than the number of 8-bit integers that were sent in a single send() call at the peer. The semantics differ because this function attempts to "read ahead" by keeping the stream buffer full, thereby minimizing the number of receive operations performed on the internal connection. Also, due to buffering of the stream_send operation, the number of send() calls made at the peer may not correspond to the number expected.
This operation is not valid on listening streams created using stream_listen.
stream
Stream handle returned by stream_connect or stream_accept.
num_int8s
The number of int8s to receive.
data
An array of int8's containing the 8-bit integers received. For blocking streams, if this array is empty then the connection has been closed gracefully. For non-blocking streams, would_block must also be false to indicate closure. The array may have fewer than num_int8s elements if the stream is non-blocking or the connection was closed and these were the remaining 8-bit integers.
would_block
Whether the function would have blocked. Always false for blocking streams.
data = stream_receive_int8s(stream, 1000); % Receive 1000 8-bit integers
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