From ce6ada3b340607177bec7cbfa2b5eaa47ebb07a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 22:10:15 -0800
Subject: buffers: implement copy-buf.

* buf.c (copy_buf): New function.
(buf_init): Register copy-buf intrinsic.

* buf.h (copy_buf): Declared.

* lib.c (copy): Handle BUF via copy_buf.

* txr.1: Documented.
---
 txr.1 | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

(limited to 'txr.1')

diff --git a/txr.1 b/txr.1
index 1aa8f26f..f1c71f4c 100644
--- a/txr.1
+++ b/txr.1
@@ -26177,6 +26177,12 @@ is a structure, it returns
 .cble
 If
 .meta object
+is a buffer, it returns
+.cblk
+.meti (copy-buf << object ).
+.cble
+If
+.meta object
 is a
 .codn carray ,
 it returns
@@ -56985,6 +56991,22 @@ If
 is specified, its value must be in the range 0 to 255.
 It defaults to zero.
 
+.coNP Function @ copy-buf
+.synb
+.mets (copy-buf << buf )
+.syne
+.desc
+The
+.code copy-buf
+function returns a duplicate of
+.metn buf :
+an object distinct from
+.meta buf
+which has the same length and contents, and compares
+.code equal
+to
+.metn buf .
+
 .coNP Function @ buf-put-i8
 .synb
 .mets (buf-put-i8 < buf < pos << val )
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