Hia! I need to read a file containing packed "binary" data. For that, I find the struct module pretty convenient. What I always need to do is reading a chunk of data from the file (either using calcsize() or a struct.Struct instance) and then parsing it with unpack(). For that, I repeatedly write utility functions that help me do just that, but I can't imagine that there is no better way for that.
Questions: 0. Am I approaching this from the wrong direction? I'm not a programming noob, but rather new to Python still. 1. The struct module has pack_into() or unpack_from(), could I somehow combine that with a file? 2. Is there some easier way to read files? I know about array and xdrlib, but neither really fit my desires. 3. Failing all that, would you consider this a useful addition to the struct module, i.e. should I write a feature request? Thanks! Uli -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list