SYNOPSIS
int binary_message(int *|bytes message, int flags)
DESCRIPTION
Flush output and send output directly with write WITHOUT IAC QUOTING.
The message may contain zeroes if given as int *.
The messages goes to this_object(), but only if interactive.
return value: number of characters actually written.
Any 'allowed charset' setting is ignored.
Flag settings are interpreted bitwise and may be ored
together (only for clients not using MCCP compression):
Bit 0 (value 1): when set, add_message() is used instead of
write(). Thus no previous flushing of the buffer is
needed, but the output is not immediate, nor can the
number of bytes actually sent be determined - the return
value is undefined.
Bit 1 (value 2): The buffer is flushed _after_ adding the
message. Useful only in conjunction with Bit 0.
The idea behind the flag settings is that sending command
codes for colours and other things needs to bypass the allowed
charset filters, but isn't important enough to waste bandwith
on a synchronous transmission.
HISTORY
Introduced in 3.2.1@40.
Argument 'flags' introduced in 3.2.1@60.
SEE ALSO
set_connection_charset(E)
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