Hi, I have a Python newbie question about reading data from a binary file. I have an huge binary file from an external program. I want to read and process the data in this file in a reasonable time. It turns out that the reading of the data itself and the processing do not need most of the time. However, when using the read(bytes) method Python returns a string representing the binary information in hex. This string I have to "cast/translate" into a number (in my case a signed short). For this I am using the method struct.unpack from the struct module. This unpacking part of the program takes by far the most time. Is there a way to speed this up or to do it the unpacking more cleverly than with the struct module?
Thanks in advance. With kind regards, Daniel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
