5.11 The STREAMS module
discard-input
Open generic function
Summary
Discards input from an input stream.
Signature
discard-input input-stream => ()
Arguments
- input-stream
- An instance of
<stream>.
Values
- None.
Library
io
Module
streams
Description
Discards any pending input from input-stream, both buffered input and, if possible, any input that might be at the stream's source.
This operation is principally useful for "interactive" streams, such as TTY streams, to discard unwanted input after an error condition arises. There is a default method on <stream> so that applications can call this function on any kind of stream. The default method does nothing.