File.StringReader

read

(Fn [(Ref File a), Int] (Result String String))

                        (read file n)
                    

Reads a string of length n from a file. This is a convenient wrapper that fixes the returntype of File.read to String.

read-string

(Fn [(Ref File a), Int] (Result String b))

                        (read-string f len)
                    

reads a string of length len from a file. Returns a result containing the string on success and an error if the file is not readable.