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doc: update writable.write return value
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Fix the explanation which stated that write() would return false if
highWaterMark is exceeded to correctly state that false is returned
once highWaterMark is reached. See nodejs#9247.

PR-URL: nodejs#10582
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
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binki authored and mcollina committed Jan 12, 2017
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Expand Up @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ occurs, the `callback` *may or may not* be called with the error as its
first argument. To reliably detect write errors, add a listener for the
`'error'` event.

The return value is `true` if the internal buffer does not exceed
The return value is `true` if the internal buffer is less than the
`highWaterMark` configured when the stream was created after admitting `chunk`.
If `false` is returned, further attempts to write data to the stream should
stop until the [`'drain'`][] event is emitted.
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