[ python-Bugs-875157 ] file.read returns reaches EOF when it shouldn't

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Bugs item #875157, was opened at 2004-01-11 17:37
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Joshua Allen (turingcomplete)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: file.read returns reaches EOF when it shouldn't

Initial Comment:
If the first byte of a file is 0xFF file.read(size)
will return an empty string.  Problem found while
trying to process binary file produced by another system.

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