ReadAtLeast in Go

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ReadAtLeast reads from r into buf until it has read at least min bytes. It returns the number of bytes copied and an error if fewer bytes were read. The error is EOF only if no bytes were read. If an EOF happens after reading fewer than min bytes, ReadAtLeast returns ErrUnexpectedEOF. If min is greater than the length of buf, ReadAtLeast returns ErrShortBuffer. On return, n >= min if and only if err == nil. If r returns an error having read at least min bytes, the error is dropped.

Go
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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"log"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	r := strings.NewReader("some io.Reader stream to be read\n")

	buf := make([]byte, 33)
	if _, err := io.ReadAtLeast(r, buf, 4); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("%s\n", buf)

	// buffer smaller than minimal read size.
	shortBuf := make([]byte, 3)
	if _, err := io.ReadAtLeast(r, shortBuf, 4); err != nil {
		fmt.Println("error:", err)
	}

	// minimal read size bigger than io.Reader stream
	longBuf := make([]byte, 64)
	if _, err := io.ReadAtLeast(r, longBuf, 64); err != nil {
		fmt.Println("error:", err)
	}
}