On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Tim Peters wrote:

Modified Files: bltinmodule.c Log Message: Fix buglet reported on c.l.py: map(fnc, file.xreadlines()) blows up. Also a 2.1 bugfix candidate (am I supposed to do something with those?). Took away map()'s insistence that sequences support __len__, and cleaned up the convoluted code that made it *look* like it really cared about __len__ (in fact the old ->len field was only *used* as a flag bit, as the main loop only looked at its sign bit, setting the field to -1 when IndexError got raised; renamed the field to ->saw_IndexError instead).

Can anyone give me his opinion about whether 2.0.1 should have this bug fix? It's not just for file.xreadlines(): the older fileinput.fileinput() is hurt by this as well... -- "I'll be ex-DPL soon anyway so I'm |LUKE: Is Perl better than Python? looking for someplace else to grab power."|YODA: No...no... no. Quicker, -- Wichert Akkerman (on debian-private)| easier, more seductive. For public key, finger moshez@debian.org |http://www.{python,debian,gnu}.org