July 22, 2008
10:45 p.m.
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 22Jul2008 20:56, John J Lee <jjl@pobox.com> wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Cameron Simpson wrote: [...]
Leaving aside the 0.2 => 0 converstion, shouldn't read() raise an exception if asked for < 1 bytes? Or is there a legitimate use for read(0) with which I was not previously aware?
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read([size])
... If the size argument is negative or omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. ...
Hmm, yeah, but 0 is not negative and not omitted so this does not apply.
Well, -1 *is* < 1 (and is in the domain of the function), but yes -- sorry, read too quickly, took your "< 1" too literally. John