instance method

IO::Buffer#transfer

() -> ::IO::Buffer

transfer → new_io_buffer

VALUE
rb_io_buffer_transfer(VALUE self)
{
    struct rb_io_buffer *buffer = NULL;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct rb_io_buffer, &rb_io_buffer_type, buffer);

    if (buffer->flags & RB_IO_BUFFER_LOCKED) {
        rb_raise(rb_eIOBufferLockedError, "Cannot transfer ownership of locked buffer!");
    }

    VALUE instance = rb_io_buffer_type_allocate(rb_class_of(self));
    struct rb_io_buffer *transferred;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(instance, struct rb_io_buffer, &rb_io_buffer_type, transferred);

    *transferred = *buffer;
    io_buffer_zero(buffer);

    return instance;
}

Transfers ownership of the underlying memory to a new buffer, causing the current buffer to become uninitialized.

Example

buffer = IO::Buffer.new('test')
other = buffer.transfer
other
# =>
# #<IO::Buffer 0x00007f136a15f7b0+4 SLICE>
# 0x00000000  74 65 73 74                                     test
buffer
# =>
# #<IO::Buffer 0x0000000000000000+0 NULL>
buffer.null?
# => true

See also #to_s #valid? #slice #values also in 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1

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