In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, AMD wrote: >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, AMD wrote: >> >>> Actually it is quite common, it is used for processing of files not for >>> reading parameters. You can use it whenever you need to read a simple >>> csv file or fixed format file which contains many lines with several >>> fields per line. >> >> I do that all the time, in Python and C++, but I've never felt the need >> for a scanf-type function. > > I agree scanf is not a must have function but rather a nice to have > function.
I've never felt that scanf would be "nice" to have. Not in Python, not in C++. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
