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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ref/api-io.texi b/doc/ref/api-io.texi index b6ea593f7..e263e2985 100644 --- a/doc/ref/api-io.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-io.texi @@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ something that the user needs to explicitly be aware of.) The data is written to the store later -- when the buffer fills up due to another write, or when @code{force-output} is called, or when @code{close-port} is called, or when the program exits, or even when the garbage collector -runs. The salient point is, @emph{the errors are signalled then too}. +runs. The salient point is, @emph{the errors are signaled then too}. Buffered writes defer error detection (and defer the side effects to the mutable store), perhaps indefinitely if the port type does not need to be closed at GC. |