New submission from Jim Jewett <jimjjewett@gmail.com>: binhex defines a module-wide constant of REASONABLY_LARGE = 32768 # Minimal amount we pass the rle-coder Later on, in 5 locations it does either ifp.read(128000) or ifp.read_rsrc(128000) It isn't clear why a different constant is used, let alone why a literal is used instead of something like REASONABLY_LARGE. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation, Library (Lib) messages: 321193 nosy: Jim.Jewett, docs@python priority: low severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: binhex REASONABLY_LARGE = 32768 so what is 128000 type: enhancement versions: Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue34063> _______________________________________