"M.E.Farmer" wrote: > What about a generator and xreadlines for those really large files:
when you loop over a file object, Python uses a generator and a xreadlines- style buffering system to read data as you go. (if you check the on-line help, you'll notice that xreadlines itself is only provided for compatibility reasons). or in other words, the examples I posted a couple of hours ago uses no more memory than your version. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
