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rework LineWriter example
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The original example didn't check the return value of `write()`, didn't
flush the writer, and didn't properly demonstrate the buffering.

Fixes rust-lang#51621.
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euclio committed Jul 8, 2018
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34 changes: 24 additions & 10 deletions src/libstd/io/buffered.rs
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Expand Up @@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ impl<W> fmt::Display for IntoInnerError<W> {
/// reducing the number of actual writes to the file.
///
/// ```no_run
/// use std::fs::File;
/// use std::fs::{self, File};
/// use std::io::prelude::*;
/// use std::io::LineWriter;
///
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/// let file = File::create("poem.txt")?;
/// let mut file = LineWriter::new(file);
///
/// for &byte in road_not_taken.iter() {
/// file.write(&[byte]).unwrap();
/// }
/// file.write_all(b"I shall be telling this with a sigh")?;
///
/// // No bytes are written until a newline is encountered (or
/// // the internal buffer is filled).
/// assert_eq!(fs::read_to_string("poem.txt")?.as_bytes(), b"");
/// file.write_all(b"\n")?;
/// assert_eq!(
/// fs::read_to_string("poem.txt")?.as_bytes(),
/// &b"I shall be telling this with a sigh\n"[..],
/// );
///
/// // let's check we did the right thing.
/// let mut file = File::open("poem.txt")?;
/// let mut contents = String::new();
/// // Write the rest of the poem.
/// file.write_all(b"Somewhere ages and ages hence:
/// Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
/// I took the one less traveled by,
/// And that has made all the difference.")?;
///
/// file.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
/// // The last line of the poem doesn't end in a newline, so
/// // we have to flush or drop the `LineWriter` to finish
/// // writing.
/// file.flush()?;
///
/// assert_eq!(contents.as_bytes(), &road_not_taken[..]);
/// // Confirm the whole poem was written.
/// let mut poem = fs::read_to_string("poem.txt")?;
/// assert_eq!(poem.as_bytes(), &road_not_taken[..]);
/// Ok(())
/// }
/// ```
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///
/// The internal buffer is written out before returning the writer.
///
// # Errors
/// # Errors
///
/// An `Err` will be returned if an error occurs while flushing the buffer.
///
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