On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 6:05:19 AM UTC+5:30, Tim Roberts wrote:
> Rustom Mody wrote:
> >On Tuesday, August 26, 2014 6:58:42 AM UTC+5:30, Tim Roberts wrote:
> >> To the equivalent code with struct:
> >> import struct
> >> dscrp = "H?fs5B"
> >> f = open('file.dat')
> >> stuff = struct.unpack( dscrp, f.read() )
> >> print stuff
> >> In both cases, you have to KNOW the format of the data beforehand. If you
> >> do a read_short where you happen to have written a float, disaster ensues.
> >> I don't really see that you've added very much.
> >I thought much the same.
> >However notice your f.read(). Its type is string.
> >What if file.dat is a 1GB wav file?
> f.seek(512000)
> stuff = struct.unpack( dscrp, f.read(128) )
And what if the struct you are (trying to) unpack is greater or less
than 128 bytes?
> The point is that files already know how to position themselves.
Sure.
But its not enough. One can write a generator that yields one char
at a time. How to feed that to struct.unpack??
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