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       Scanf.Scanning - no description

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       Module   Scanf.Scanning

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       Module Scanning
        : sig end

       type in_channel

       The notion of input channel for the Scanf module: those channels provide all the machinery
       necessary to read from any source of characters, including a Pervasives.in_channel  value.
       A Scanf.Scanning.in_channel value is also called a formatted input channel or equivalently
       a  scanning  buffer.   The   type   Scanf.Scanning.scanbuf   below   is   an   alias   for
       Scanning.in_channel .

       Since 3.12.0

       type scanbuf = in_channel

       The type of scanning buffers. A scanning buffer is the source from which a formatted input
       function gets characters. The scanning buffer holds the current state of the scan, plus  a
       function  to  get  the  next  char  from the input, and a token buffer to store the string
       matched so far.

       Note: a scanning action may often require to examine one character in advance;  when  this
       'lookahead' character does not belong to the token read, it is stored back in the scanning
       buffer and becomes the next character yet to be read.

       val stdin : in_channel

       The   standard   input   notion   for   the   Scanf   module.    Scanning.stdin   is   the
       Scanf.Scanning.in_channel formatted input channel attached to Pervasives.stdin .

       Note:  in  the  interactive system, when input is read from Pervasives.stdin , the newline
       character that triggers evaluation is part of the input; thus, the scanning specifications
       must  properly  skip this additional newline character (for instance, simply add a '\n' as
       the last character of the format string).

       Since 3.12.0

       type file_name = string

       A convenient alias to designate a file name.

       Since 4.00.0

       val open_in : file_name -> in_channel

       Scanning.open_in fname returns a Scanf.Scanning.in_channel  formatted  input  channel  for
       bufferized reading in text mode from file fname .

       Note: open_in returns a formatted input channel that efficiently reads characters in large
       chunks; in contrast, from_channel below returns formatted input channels  that  must  read
       one character at a time, leading to a much slower scanning rate.

       Since 3.12.0

       val open_in_bin : file_name -> in_channel

       Scanning.open_in_bin fname returns a Scanf.Scanning.in_channel formatted input channel for
       bufferized reading in binary mode from file fname .

       Since 3.12.0

       val close_in : in_channel -> unit

       Closes the  Pervasives.in_channel  associated  with  the  given  Scanf.Scanning.in_channel
       formatted input channel.

       Since 3.12.0

       val from_file : file_name -> in_channel

       An alias for Scanf.Scanning.open_in above.

       val from_file_bin : string -> in_channel

       An alias for Scanf.Scanning.open_in_bin above.

       val from_string : string -> in_channel

       Scanning.from_string  s  returns a Scanf.Scanning.in_channel formatted input channel which
       reads from the given string.  Reading starts from the first character in the string.   The
       end-of-input condition is set when the end of the string is reached.

       val from_function : (unit -> char) -> in_channel

       Scanning.from_function  f returns a Scanf.Scanning.in_channel formatted input channel with
       the given function as its reading method.

       When scanning needs one more character, the given function is called.

       When the function has no more  character  to  provide,  it  must  signal  an  end-of-input
       condition by raising the exception End_of_file .

       val from_channel : Pervasives.in_channel -> in_channel

       Scanning.from_channel ic returns a Scanf.Scanning.in_channel formatted input channel which
       reads from the regular Pervasives.in_channel input channel ic argument.  Reading starts at
       current reading position of ic .

       val end_of_input : in_channel -> bool

       Scanning.end_of_input    ic    tests    the    end-of-input   condition   of   the   given
       Scanf.Scanning.in_channel formatted input channel.

       val beginning_of_input : in_channel -> bool

       Scanning.beginning_of_input ic tests  the  beginning  of  input  condition  of  the  given
       Scanf.Scanning.in_channel formatted input channel.

       val name_of_input : in_channel -> string

       Scanning.name_of_input  ic  returns  the  name  of  the  character  source  for  the given
       Scanf.Scanning.in_channel formatted input channel.

       Since 3.09.0

       val stdib : in_channel

       A  deprecated  alias  for  Scanf.Scanning.stdin  ,  the  scanning  buffer   reading   from
       Pervasives.stdin .