Operator Reference
close_io_channel (Operator)
close_io_channel
— Close I/O channels.
Signature
close_io_channel( : : IOChannelHandle : )
Description
The operator close_io_channel
closes transmission
channels opened by open_io_channel
. The references to the
channels are passed in IOChannelHandle
. In particular,
allocated memory and reserved device resources are released.
Execution Information
- Multithreading type: reentrant (runs in parallel with non-exclusive operators).
- Multithreading scope: global (may be called from any thread).
- Processed without parallelization.
This operator modifies the state of the following input parameter:
During execution of this operator, access to the value of this parameter must be synchronized if it is used across multiple threads.
Parameters
IOChannelHandle
(input_control, state is modified) io_channel(-array) →
(handle)
Handles of the opened I/O channels.
Result
If the parameters are valid, the operator
close_io_channel
returns the value 2 (
H_MSG_TRUE)
. If necessary an
exception is raised. In this case, an extended error information may be
set and can be queried with the operator get_extended_error_info
.
Possible Predecessors
Possible Successors
Module
Foundation