[Issue 19567] New: [std.stdio] Not really helpful documentation of `tell`

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19567

          Issue ID: 19567
           Summary: [std.stdio] Not really helpful documentation of `tell`
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: All
               URL: http://dlang.org/phobos/
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: phobos
          Assignee: nobody at puremagic.com
          Reporter: desisma at heidel.beer

`const @property @trusted ulong tell()` is documented in a not really useful
way. It comes with the assumption the user already knows how `ftell` works and
what it does.

> Calls ftell for the managed file handle.
>
> Throws:
> Exception if the file is not opened. ErrnoException if the call to ftell fails.

Instead of being told to lookup on `ftell` (which is implicitly done by linking
its docs with no further explanation), I'd expect to actually the docs to let
me know what `tell` does.


Moreover, `write` is *not* documented as "more powerful D equivalent of printf"
either. Instead it comes with the helpful info, "Writes its arguments in text
format to standard output (without a trailing newline)".


Kind regards,
 Elias

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