On 24/09/2012 22:35, zipher wrote:
For some time now, I've wanted to suggest a better abstraction for the <file>
type in Python. It currently uses an antiquated C-style interface for moving around
in a file, with methods like tell() and seek(). But after attributes were introduced
to Python, it seems it should be re-addressed.
Let file-type have an attribute .pos for position. Now you can get rid of the
seek() and tell() methods and manipulate the file pointer more easily with
standard arithmetic operations.
file.pos = x0ae1 #move file pointer to an absolute address
file.pos +=1 #increment the file pointer one byte
curr_pos = file.pos #read current file pointer
You've now simplified the API by the removal of two obscure legacy methods and replaced
them with a more basic one called "position".
Thoughts?
markj
This strikes me as being a case of if it ain't broke don't fix it.
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