Antoine Pitrou added the comment: I am afraid I cannot reproduce with the 2.7.3 64-bit installer either:
C:\>python27\python.exe Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:24:47) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> f = open("sample.txt") >>> f.read(3) 'xxx' >>> f.read(3) 'xxx' >>> f.tell() 6L ---------- _______________________________________ 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