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authorcjihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>2019-07-13 18:08:19 -0400
committerMichaƫl Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>2019-07-20 11:13:05 +0200
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readline: expose stream API in clearLine()
This commit adds an optional callback to clearLine(), which is passed to the stream's write() method. It also exposes the return value of write(). PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28674 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/api/readline.md b/doc/api/readline.md
index b295ace5b3..936ffb5d84 100644
--- a/doc/api/readline.md
+++ b/doc/api/readline.md
@@ -346,9 +346,13 @@ async function processLineByLine() {
}
```
-## readline.clearLine(stream, dir)
+## readline.clearLine(stream, dir[, callback])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.7.7
+changes:
+ - version: REPLACEME
+ pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28674
+ description: The stream's write() callback and return value are exposed.
-->
* `stream` {stream.Writable}
@@ -356,6 +360,10 @@ added: v0.7.7
* `-1` - to the left from cursor
* `1` - to the right from cursor
* `0` - the entire line
+* `callback` {Function} Invoked once the operation completes.
+* Returns: {boolean} `false` if `stream` wishes for the calling code to wait for
+ the `'drain'` event to be emitted before continuing to write additional data;
+ otherwise `true`.
The `readline.clearLine()` method clears current line of given [TTY][] stream
in a specified direction identified by `dir`.