[Python-3000] iostack and Oh Oh

[Greg Ewing]

tomer filiba wrote:

> back in the day, we said all stream objects would support read() and
> write(), and streams with limited functionality (readonly, writeonly) would
> be "queriable" using the following properties:
> * writable
> * readable
> * seekable

Is that really necessary? I can't remember ever writing
code that didn't already know what kind of stream it
was expecting.

--
Greg