Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > Carl J. Van Arsdall a écrit : > (snip) > > >> With a file object, to iterate through the lines in a file don't you >> have to use readlines()? >> > > Nope - no more, should I say. The file object is now an iterable. > file.readlines() try and read all the file and returns it as a list. > It's ok for small files, but can lead to problem with huge ones... using > the file as an iterator, you have a lazy read - just like you would with > the older file.readline() idiom: > Ah sweet, I didn't realize you could do that, thanks!
> line = f.readline() > while line: > do_something_with(line) > line = f.readline() > > but with much less hassle : > > for line in f: > do_something_with(line) > > -- Carl J. Van Arsdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Build and Release MontaVista Software -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
