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Fix a couple places in docs where try_send wasn't changed to send_opt #13610

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Fix a couple places in docs where try_send wasn't changed to send_opt
jsanders Apr 18, 2014
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Rewrite paragraph describing difference between try_send and send_opt
jsanders Apr 19, 2014
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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions src/libstd/comm/mod.rs
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Expand Up @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ impl<T: Send> Sender<T> {
/// then the other end could immediately disconnect.
///
/// The purpose of this functionality is to propagate failure among tasks.
/// If failure is not desired, then consider using the `try_send` method
/// If failure is not desired, then consider using the `send_opt` method
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Oops, thanks!

pub fn send(&self, t: T) {
if self.send_opt(t).is_err() {
fail!("sending on a closed channel");
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -669,10 +669,10 @@ impl<T: Send> SyncSender<T> {

/// Attempts to send a value on this channel without blocking.
///
/// This method semantically differs from `Sender::try_send` because it can
/// fail if the receiver has not disconnected yet. If the buffer on this
/// channel is full, this function will immediately return the data back to
/// the callee.
/// This method differs from `send_opt` by returning immediately if the
/// channel's buffer is full or no receiver is waiting to acquire some
/// data. Compared with `send_opt`, this function has two failure cases
/// instead of one (one for disconnection, one for a full buffer).
///
/// See `SyncSender::send` for notes about guarantees of whether the
/// receiver has received the data or not if this function is successful.
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