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buffer_copy (2 of 30 overloads)

Copies bytes from a source buffer to a target buffer.

std::size_t buffer_copy(
    const mutable_buffer & target,
    const const_buffers_1 & source);

Parameters

target: A modifiable buffer representing the memory region to which the bytes will be copied.
source: A non-modifiable buffer representing the memory region from which the bytes will be copied.

Return Value

The number of bytes copied.

Remarks

The number of bytes copied is the lesser of:

buffer_size(target)
buffer_size(source)

This function is implemented in terms of memcpy, and consequently it cannot be used to copy between overlapping memory regions.