On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:47:29 +0100, Martin Marcher wrote:
> I'd really like something nicer than
>
> chunksize = 26
> f = file("datafile.dat", buffering=chunksize)
>
> chunk = f.read(chunksize)
> while len(chunk) == chunksize:
> compute_data(chunk)
> f.read(chunksize)
>
> I just don't feel comfortable with it for some reason I can't explain...
chunksize = 26
f = open('datafile.dat', 'rb')
for chunk in iter(lambda: f.read(chunksize), ''):
compute_data(chunk)
f.close()
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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