io_lib

io_lib

Module

io_lib

Module summary

I/O library functions.

Description

This module contains functions for converting to and from strings (lists of characters). They are used for implementing the functions in the io module. There is no guarantee that the character lists returned from some of the functions are flat, they can be deep lists. Function lists:flatten/1 can be used for flattening deep lists.

Data types

chars() = [char() | chars()]

continuation()

A continuation as returned by fread/3.