Bugs item #1488779, was opened at 2006-05-15 20:09 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1488779&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: Platform-specific Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: muimi (muimi) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: appended file on Windows reads arbitrary data Initial Comment: checked with versions 2.3 & 2.4.2 on Windows 2000 & XP reading an appended file without resetting its current position causes reading/writing of arbitrary data. this appears to be related to the MS Visual Studio C library. def bug(filename): af=open(filename,'a+') af.write('\nlast line?') print af.tell() d=af.read() # this causes a read/write problem print len(d), af.tell() af.close() ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1488779&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com