Re: [Python-Dev] unifying read method semantics

Piers Lauder writes:

And while I'm on the topic - please could we always support "readline" (or "makefile") methods in C modules?

I don't think this is feasiable.

Surely the following code now necessary in imaplib must make CPU-time conscious programmers wince:

def readline(self): """Read line from remote.""" line = "" while 1: char = self.sslobj.read(1) line += char if char == "\n": return line

Moving this algorithm to another location won't essentially change CPU consumption... Regards, Martin