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module FFI
  
  # This module implements a couple of class methods to play with IO.
  module IO
    # @param [Integer] fd file decriptor
    # @param [String] mode mode string
    # @return [::IO]
    # Synonym for IO::for_fd.
    def self.for_fd(fd, mode = "r")
      ::IO.for_fd(fd, mode)
    end

    # @param [#read] io io to read from
    # @param [AbstractMemory] buf destination for data read from +io+
    # @param [nil, Numeric] len maximul number of bytes to read from +io+. If +nil+, 
    #  read until end of file.
    # @return [Numeric] length really read, in bytes
    #
    # A version of IO#read that reads data from an IO and put then into a native buffer.
    # 
    # This will be optimized at some future time to eliminate the double copy.
    #
    def self.native_read(io, buf, len)
      tmp = io.read(len)
      return -1 unless tmp
      buf.put_bytes(0, tmp)
      tmp.length
    end

  end
end