Re: Need more examples ...

On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Arie van Wingerden <[email protected]> wrote:
> When trying things out I find a huge module reference but a limited tutorial
> and manual.
>
> E.g. I try to open a textfile for read.
> I find:
>   - Stdio.File (non-buffered)
>   - Stdio.FILE (buffered)
> However I cannot find a simple example of how to use it ...
>
> I tried several ways to use the open() method, but then it says that neither
> Stdio.File nor Stdio.FILE have an open method, which is not conform the
> module reference.
>
> Maybe I missed the obvious :-)
>
> So, are there more examples available???

Normally what you'll do in Pike is to start by constructing an object.
In the case of Stdio.File and Stdio.FILE, it works like this:

> Stdio.File("spam.pike");
(1) Result: Stdio.File("spam.pike", 0, 777 /* fd=10 */)

> Stdio.File("spam.pike")->read(64);
(2) Result: "int main()\n"
            "{\n"
            "\tint x = 123;\n"
            "\twhile (string command = Stdio.stdin."

In the documentation, the constructor is create(). Once you've created
the object, you'll be able to use all the methods listed in the docs.

ChrisA