On Jul 23, 9:36 am, Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexandre Ferrieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > So I'll reiterate the question: *why* does the Python library add that > > extra layer of (hard-headed) buffering on top of stdio's ? > > readline?
I know readline() doesn't have this problem. I'm asking why the file iterator does. -Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list