On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Cameron Simpson wrote:
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Leaving aside the 0.2 => 0 converstion, shouldn't read() raise an
exception if asked for < 1 bytes? Or is there a legitimate use for read(0)
with which I was not previously aware?

http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html

read([size])

... If the size argument is negative or omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. ...


John

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