Antoine Pitrou <pit...@free.fr> added the comment: > Are there new elements, advocating a status quo on this matter ?
Nothing, it's just lacking a patch from someone interested in the matter. > On a separate note, I'm confused about the "at most" phrase in the > current documentation : > --- > truncate(size=None) > Truncate the file to at most size bytes. size defaults to the > current file position, as returned by tell() > --- > According to what I've read so far, a succesful truncate() call will > always extend/reduce the file until teh desired size, isn't that so on > all platforms ? I suppose it was worded that way because some platforms may not support extending a file when a parameter larger than the current size is given. I don't know if such systems are widespread. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6939> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
