Method: REXML::IOSource#scan

Defined in:
lib/extensions/rexml/rexml/source.rb,
lib/extensions/rhoxml/rexml/source.rb

#scan(pattern, cons = false) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/extensions/rexml/rexml/source.rb', line 176

def scan(pattern, cons=false)
  rv = super
  # You'll notice that this next section is very similar to the same
  # section in match(), but just a liiittle different.  This is
  # because it is a touch faster to do it this way with scan()
  # than the way match() does it; enough faster to warrent duplicating
  # some code
  if rv.size == 0
    until @buffer =~ pattern or @source.nil?
      begin
        @buffer << readline
      rescue Iconv::IllegalSequence
        raise
      rescue
        @source = nil
      end
    end
    rv = super
  end
  rv.taint
  rv
end