GLib.IOChannel.prototype.read_chars

function read_chars(): [return_value: GLib.IOStatus, buf: ByteArray, bytes_read: Number(gsize)] {
    // Gjs wrapper for g_io_channel_read_chars()
}

Replacement for GLib.IOChannel.prototype.read with the new API.

return_value

the status of the operation.

buf

a buffer to read data into

bytes_read

The number of bytes read. This may be zero even on success if count < 6 and the channel's encoding is non-null. This indicates that the next UTF-8 character is too wide for the buffer.