NAME

       Binary::readBlock - Read a block from a file.

SYNOPSIS

       Binary readBlock( File h, Int bsize )

ARGUMENTS

       h A file handle to read from

       bsize The maximum number of bytes to read

DESCRIPTION

       Creates  a block of size bsize and reads data into it.  If there is less data to read than
       bsize , the block will contain as much data as could be  read,  and  the  Binary.blockSize
       (3kaya)  function  will  return  the  size  of the data that was read. Naturally, the file
       handle must be valid and readable.

AUTHORS

       Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For
       further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later  version)  as
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

RELATED

       Binary.Binary (3kaya)
       IO(3kaya)
       Binary.writeBlock (3kaya)