Document EPIPE

2026-06-01 10:57:01 +00:00 · 2017-03-17 20:41:10 +01:00
parent b612b73188
commit 4726ac5842
8 changed files with 12 additions and 6 deletions
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ PCM objects have the following methods:
   ``(0,'')`` if no new period has become available since the last
   call to read.

+   In case of an overrun, this function will return a negative size: :const:`-EPIPE`.
+   This indicates that data was lost, even if the operation itself succeeded.
+   Try using a larger periodsize;

 .. method:: PCM.write(data)