New submission from Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de>: I've been looking at code on the tutor mailing list for some time, and
for line in file.readlines(): ... is a common idiom there. I suppose this is because the readlines() method is easily discoverable while the proper way (iterate over the file object directly) is not. A note added to the readlines() documentation might help: """ You don't need the readlines() method to loop over the lines of a file. for line in file: process(line) consumes less memory and is often faster. """ ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 148679 nosy: docs@python, potten priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Clarify that readlines() is not needed to iterate over a file type: feature request _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13510> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
