2009/4/15 R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com>: > On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 at 22:05, Dan Eloff wrote: >>> >>> No, the read() method did not change from the 2.x series. It returns a >>> new object on each call. >> >> I think you misunderstand me, but the readinto() method looks like a >> perfectly reasonable solution, I didn't realize it existed, as it's >> not in the library reference on file objects. Thanks for enlightening >> me, I feel a little stupid now :) > > You have to follow the link from that section to the 'io' module to find > it. > > The io module is about streams and is therefore in the 'generic operating > system services' section, not the 'file and directory access section', > which makes it a little harder to find when what you think you want to > know about is file access...I think this is a doc bug but I'm completely > unsure what would be a good fix.
I've added a like to the io module in the see also section of the file and directory systems. -- Regards, Benjamin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
