Feature #14800: Zlib::GzipReader#read does not support 2nd argument

• Status: Open
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -

[okkez (okkez _)]

Zlib::GzipReader#read does not support 2nd argument for output buffer.
It is not same as IO#read and StringIO#read.

It is useful for duck typing to copy both plain files and gzipped files.

See also

• https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/2.5.0/Zlib/GzipReader.html#method-i-read
• https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/2.5.0/IO.html#method-i-read
• https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/2.5.0/StringIO.html#method-i-read

[jeremyevans0 (Jeremy Evans)]

• Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
• ruby -v deleted (ruby 2.5.1p57 (2018-03-29 revision 63029) [x86_64-linux])
• Backport deleted (2.3: UNKNOWN, 2.4: UNKNOWN, 2.5: UNKNOWN)