On 9/27/11 2:14 AM, oc-spam66 wrote: >> if you want to write to a string, why not use .tostring()? > > Because A.tostring() returns the binary data, while I would like the text > representation. > More precisely, I would like to use A.tofile(sep="\t").
I see -- I've always thought mingling binary and text reading and writing was an API mistake. > Ah, I found a workaround: savetxt() can work with a StringIO > -> savetxt(file_buffer, A) > > This is only a workaround. I still think A.tofile() should be capable of > writing into a StringIO. or .tostring() should support text (but that's what savetxt is for) Anyway, the text behavior of fromfile() and tofile() is broken in many ways -- it really need a major refactor,and yes,this is one issue that it would be nice to address. Or just get deprecate the text functionality. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
