Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy.loadtxt requires seek()?

2008-11-29 Thread Stéfan van der Walt
2008/11/20 Ryan May [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've attached a simple patch that changes the check for seek() to a check for readline(). I'll punt on my idea of just using iterators, since that seems like slightly greater complexity for no gain. (I'm not sure how many people end up with data in a

[Numpy-discussion] numpy.loadtxt requires seek()?

2008-11-20 Thread Ryan May
Hi, Does anyone know why numpy.loadtxt(), in checking the validity of a filehandle, checks for the seek() method, which appears to have no bearing on whether an object will work? I'm trying to use loadtxt() directly with the file-like object returned by urllib2.urlopen(). If I change the check

Re: [Numpy-discussion] numpy.loadtxt requires seek()?

2008-11-20 Thread Ryan May
Stéfan van der Walt wrote: 2008/11/20 Ryan May [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does anyone know why numpy.loadtxt(), in checking the validity of a filehandle, checks for the seek() method, which appears to have no bearing on whether an object will work? I think this is simply a naive mistake on my part.