On 9/6/05, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg Ewing wrote: > > While we're on the subject, in Py3k I'd like to see > > readline(), readlines(), etc. removed from file objects > > and made builtin functions instead. It should only > > be necessary to implement read() and write() to get > > a file-like object having equal status with all > > others. > > maybe some variation of > > http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0246.html > > combined with "default adapters" could come in handy here ?
That sounds like a good idea. I'm certainly getting concerned about the proliferation of methods that people "should" add to file-like objects, where read/write are the only fundamental ones needed. I can't see mixins working, as too many file-like objects are written in C... Paul. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
