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Enhance the documentation of BufReader for potential data loss #65554

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This is (IMO) and enhancement of the std::io::BufReader documentation, that aims to highlight how relatively easy is to end up with data loss when improperly using an instance of this class.

This is following the issue I had figuring out why my application was loosing data, because I focused my attention on the word multiple instances of BufReader in its struct documentation, even if I ever only had one instance.

Link to the issue: tokio-rs/tokio#1662

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@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ use crate::memchr;
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/// When the `BufReader<R>` is dropped, the contents of its buffer will be
/// discarded. Creating multiple instances of a `BufReader<R>` on the same
/// stream can cause data loss.
/// stream can cause data loss, as well as reading from the underlying reader
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How about:

Reading from the underlying reader after unwrapping the BufReader<R> with BufReader::into_inner can also cause data loss.

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KodrAus commented Oct 24, 2019

@gliderkite Ah, would you be able to rebase your PR on top of rust-lang master rather than merging? It looks like our history’s gotten a bit tangled here.

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hdhoang commented Oct 31, 2019

ping from triage @gliderkite, could you rebase as suggested above? It would really help with reviewing. Thanks!

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ping from triage @gliderkite, could you rebase as suggested above? It would really help with reviewing. Thanks!

Rebased, sorry about the confusion.

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Thanks @gliderkite!

This looks good to me.

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KodrAus commented Nov 7, 2019

@bors r+ rollup

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bors commented Nov 7, 2019

📌 Commit 5b5196a has been approved by KodrAus

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Enhance the documentation of BufReader for potential data loss

This is (IMO) and enhancement of the `std::io::BufReader` documentation, that aims to highlight how relatively easy is to end up with data loss when improperly using an instance of this class.

This is following the issue I had figuring out why my application was loosing data, because I focused my attention on the word *multiple instances* of `BufReader` in its `struct` documentation, even if I ever only had one instance.

Link to the issue: tokio-rs/tokio#1662
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Rollup of 8 pull requests

Successful merges:

 - #65554 (Enhance the documentation of BufReader for potential data loss)
 - #65580 (Add `MaybeUninit` methods `uninit_array`, `slice_get_ref`, `slice_get_mut`)
 - #66049 (consistent handling of missing sysroot spans)
 - #66056 (rustc_metadata: Some reorganization of the module structure)
 - #66123 (No more hidden elements)
 - #66157 (Improve math log documentation examples)
 - #66165 (Ignore these tests ,since the called commands doesn't exist in VxWorks)
 - #66190 (rustc_target: inline abi::FloatTy into abi::Primitive.)

Failed merges:

 - #66188 (`MethodSig` -> `FnSig` & Use it in `ItemKind::Fn`)

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@bors bors merged commit 5b5196a into rust-lang:master Nov 8, 2019
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