On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:53:10 -0800, Eric Pederson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I didn't come across any illuminating discussion via Google, thus my question
> here (though it may be a neophyte question.) I am interested in the workings
> under the hood of Python's access of "files".
>
> What is actually happening at the various stages when I create a file object
> and "read" it?
>
> (1) >>> f = file("C:/GuidosParrot.txt","r")
You've just opened a file for reading. You haven't read any data, but
at this point if the file wasn't there, the OS would have throw you an
error.
> (2) >>> hesjustsleeping = f.read()
The entire file is read directly into a single python str.
Regards,
Stephen Thorne.
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