Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> or even:
>
> read = f.readline
> while read():
> pass
>
Oops, I forgot the other obvious variant on this, which has the benefit of
getting rid of the test I said was 'required' while still leaving the data
accessible:
for line in iter(f.readline, ''):
pass
Takes 8.89 seconds (best of 3 runs) versus 3.56 (best of 3) for the
similar:
for line in f:
pass
So readline is 250% slower at best, and only then if you remember the
obscure use of iter. :)
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