Stefan Krah added the comment: What is in sample.txt? I cannot reproduce this with a source build (Windows 7, 64-bit pgo build):
Python 2.7.3+ (default, Jan 17 2013, 20:26:24) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> f = open('sample.txt') >>> >>> f.read(3) >>> 'abc' >>> f.read(3) >>> 'def' >>> f.tell() >>> 6L ---------- nosy: +skrah _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16273> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com