On 17 January 2016 at 23:37, boB Stepp wrote:
> 1) Is using pkgutil.get_data() the way I should be reading my data files?
Generally yes, although it may be unnecessary. The main purpose of
pkgutil.get_data is to transparently handle the case where your
packages are
>From "Python Cookbook, 3rd Ed." by David Beazley and Brian K. Jones,
the authors recommend using pkgutil.get_data() to obtain the contents
of data files. Normally I would use "with open..." giving my expected
file's location, but the authors claim that using pkgutil.get_data()
is a more robust