Bugs item #1394612, was opened at 2006-01-01 00:06 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by clintonroy You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1394612&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: Python 2.3 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Cory Dodt (corydodt) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: 'Plus' filemode exposes uninitialized memory on win32 Initial Comment: (Note: I'm using cygwin zsh, hence the prompts. I am using standard, python.org Python for these tests.) % echo abcdef > foo % python Python 2.3.5 (#62, Feb 8 2005, 16:23:02) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> f = file('foo','r+b') >>> f.write('ghi') >>> f.read() '\x00x\x01\x83\x00\xe8\x03\x00\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\x00\x00e\x00\x00i\x01 \x00d\x00\x00\x83\x01\x00Fd\x01\x00S\x00S\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0 0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0 0\x00\x00\x00[...lots and lots and lots of uninitialized memory deleted...]\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\ x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\ x00\x00\x00\x00abcdef\n' >>> f.close() >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Clinton Roy (clintonroy) Date: 2006-01-01 05:38 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=31446 Hi Cory, I don't think r+ mode will create the file if it doesn't exist, so at a guess I think what you're seeing is the actual contents of a file named foo that are on the disk, not junk. If you delete the file foo and run your test again, you should get an error to that effect. cheers, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1394612&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com