Ned Deily <n...@acm.org> added the comment:
The test case you've provide is working as expected but the code doesn't make a
lot of sense as provided. The function loadDbase sets sys.stdin to a disk file
but never sets it back again. If you run this in an interactive interpreter on
any Unix-like system and call that function, it will leave sys.stdin still
connected to the disk file which will give unexpected results. I don't have a
copy of the book so I don't know how the author recommends to run things but it
won't work as it stands (also, the function loadDbase is incomplete compared
with the book's example files). You can remove the immediate problem by adding
the following line just before the "return db" at the end of loadDbase:
sys.stdin = sys.__stdin__
That will restore the original value of sys.stdin.
You may want to ask questions like this on either the tutor mailing list or
comp.lang.python.
http://www.python.org/community/lists/
http://docs.python.org/library/sys.html#sys.__stdin__
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assignee: ronaldoussoren ->
components: -Macintosh
nosy: +ned.deily
resolution: -> invalid
stage: -> committed/rejected
status: open -> closed
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