The docs for ReadBlockAsync are almost identical to the docs for ReadAsync but their behavior is quite different. ReadBlockAsync appears to try and fill the buffer withcount characters before returning, only returning early if the stream ended. ReadAsync on the other hand appears to fill a maximum ofcount characters, but will return early if there is no more data ready for reading.

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