On 09/24/2012 05:35 PM, zipher wrote: > For some time now, I've wanted to suggest a better abstraction for the <file> > type in Python. It currently uses an antiquated C-style interface for moving > around in a file, with methods like tell() and seek(). But after attributes > were introduced to Python, it seems it should be re-addressed. > > Let file-type have an attribute .pos for position. Now you can get rid of > the seek() and tell() methods and manipulate the file pointer more easily > with standard arithmetic operations. > >>>> file.pos = x0ae1 #move file pointer to an absolute address >>>> file.pos +=1 #increment the file pointer one byte >>>> curr_pos = file.pos #read current file pointer > You've now simplified the API by the removal of two obscure legacy methods > and replaced them with a more basic one called "position". > > Thoughts? > > markj
And what approach would you use for positioning relative to end-of-file? That's currently done with an optional second parameter to seek() method. -- DaveA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
