Hi, some similar thing already exist in standard: https://docs.python.org/3/library/fileinput.html
fileinput(... inplace=True...) BR, George 2018-04-15 10:57 GMT+02:00 Alexey Shrub <ash...@yandex.ru>: > Hi all, > > I am new in python (i am moving from Perl world), but I always love Python > for hight level, beatuful and clean syntax. > Now I have question/idea about working with files. > On mine opinion it very popular use case: > 1. Open file (for read and write) > 2. Read data from file > 3. Modify data. > 4. Rewrite file by modified data. > > But now it is looks not so pythonic: > > with open(filename, 'r+') as file: > data = file.read() > data = data.replace('old', 'new') > file.seek(0) > file.write(data) > file.truncate() > > or something like this > > with open(filename) as file: > data = file.read() > data = data.replace('old', 'new') > with open(filename) as file: > file.write(data) > > I think best way is something like this > > with open(filename, 'r+') as file: > data = file.read() > data = data.replace('old', 'new') > file.rewrite(data) > > but for this io.BufferedIOBase must contain rewrite method > > what you think about this? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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