HOWARD GOLDEN wrote: > The standard documentation for isatty() says: > > "Return True if the file is connected to a tty(-like) device, else > False. Note: If a file-like object is not associated with a real file, > this method should not be implemented." > > In his book, "Text Processing in Python," David Mertz says: "... > implementing it to always return 0 is probably a better approach." > > My reaction is to agree with Mertz.
I agree, I think the doc is wrong, e.g. StringIO has isatty() which returns False. I think the doc was probably a thinko (or things have changed) since Guido checked it in over 3 years ago. It would be great if you can provide a patch or at least a bug report on SourceForge. Thanks, n -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
