22 Jul
2008
22 Jul
'08
7:56 p.m.
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. ... John