[Python-3000] On PEP 3116: new I/O base classes

[Christian Heimes]

Bill Janssen wrote:
> Not bad, but if you're going that route, I think I'd get rid of the
> optional arguments, and just say
> 
>     seek_from_beginning(INCR: int)
> 
>     seek_from_current(INCR: int)
> 
>     seek_from_end(DECR: int)

I don't like it. It's too noisy and too much to type. My mini proposal
has the benefit that it is backward compatible.

Besides your arguments names aren't correct. seek_from_current can be
negative to seek backward and seek_from_end can be positive to enlarge a
file. On some OS a seek after EOF creates a sparse file.