# HG changeset patch
# User Manuel Jacob <me@manueljacob.de>
# Date 1653164642 -7200
# Node ID 4d42a5fb70bf8f79db86467ecc12fb8034fa7fad
# Parent  5d28246b9acc8fb9de7cc376b0194d2dc855433f
worker: add docstring to _blockingreader

diff -r 5d28246b9acc -r 4d42a5fb70bf mercurial/worker.py
--- a/mercurial/worker.py	Sat May 21 22:22:19 2022 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/worker.py	Sat May 21 22:24:02 2022 +0200
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@
 
 
 class _blockingreader:
+    """Wrap unbuffered stream such that pickle.load() works with it.
+
+    pickle.load() expects that calls to read() and readinto() read as many
+    bytes as requested. On EOF, it is fine to read fewer bytes. In this case,
+    pickle.load() raises an EOFError.
+    """
+
     def __init__(self, wrapped):
         self._wrapped = wrapped
 
@@ -94,7 +101,7 @@
     def readline(self):
         return self._wrapped.readline()
 
-    # issue multiple reads until size is fulfilled
+    # issue multiple reads until size is fulfilled (or EOF is encountered)
     def read(self, size=-1):
         if size < 0:
             return self._wrapped.readall()