In article <hbk4p5$u...@lust.ihug.co.nz>, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > >This routine is so useful, I wonder there's nothing like it in module >struct, or anywhere else I'm aware of: > > def structread(fromfile, decode_struct) : > """reads sufficient bytes from fromfile to be unpacked according to > decode_struct, and returns the unpacked results.""" > return struct.unpack(decode_struct, > fromfile.read(struct.calcsize(decode_struct))) > #end structread
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