Tiny refactoring in io.flush

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/testes/files.lua b/testes/files.lua
index 2c802047..53edf314 100644
--- a/testes/files.lua
+++ b/testes/files.lua
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ collectgarbage()
 
 assert(io.write(' ' .. t .. ' '))
 assert(io.write(';', 'end of file\n'))
-f:flush(); io.flush()
+assert(f:flush()); assert(io.flush())
 f:close()
 print('+')
 
@@ -461,6 +461,23 @@ do   -- testing closing file in line iteration
 end
 
 
+do print("testing flush")
+  local f = io.output("/dev/null")
+  assert(f:write("abcd"))   -- write to buffer
+  assert(f:flush())         -- write to device
+  assert(f:write("abcd"))   -- write to buffer
+  assert(io.flush())        -- write to device
+  assert(f:close())
+
+  local f = io.output("/dev/full")
+  assert(f:write("abcd"))   -- write to buffer
+  assert(not f:flush())     -- cannot write to device
+  assert(f:write("abcd"))   -- write to buffer
+  assert(not io.flush())    -- cannot write to device
+  assert(f:close())
+end
+
+
 -- test for multipe arguments in 'lines'
 io.output(file); io.write"0123456789\n":close()
 for a,b in io.lines(file, 1, 1) do