geremy condra wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Stefan Behnel <stefan...@behnel.de> wrote: >> Johan Förberg, 12.05.2010 10:05: >>> On Tue, 11 May 2010 19:27:37 -0300, Gabriel Genellina wrote: >>> >>>> so open(False) is the same as open(0), and 0 is the file descriptor >>>> associated to standard input. The program isn't hung, it's just waiting >>>> for you to type some text >>> That's interesting. Are there any more numbered pseudofiles? I suppose >>> its mainly an excellent way to confuse people when you open(0).read(), >>> but it would be interesting to know. >> Standard Unix behaviour dictates that 0 is stdin, 1 is stdout, and 2 is >> stderr. So you can only read() from 0. >> >> Stefan > > Nitpicking, but open(1).read() and open(2).read() both succeed > (for small values of success) the same way that open(0).read() > does.
That's because your operating system made that so. Try a different operating system, and you may get different results. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
