[ python-Feature Requests-935915 ] os.nullfilename

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Feature Requests item #935915, was opened at 2004-04-16 05:44
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>Category: Python Library
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: John Belmonte (jbelmonte)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: os.nullfilename

Initial Comment:
Just as the os library provides os.sep, etc., for the
current OS, it should provide the name of the null file
(e.g., "/dev/null" or "nul:"), so that there is a
portable way to open a null file.

Use of an object such as

     class nullFile:
         def write(self, data):
             pass

is not sufficient because it does not provide a full
file object interface (no access to file descriptor, etc.).

See discussion at
<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-March/213590.html>.


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>Comment By: John Belmonte (jbelmonte)
Date: 2004-05-30 08:36

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Attaching patch against Python HEAD, including docs and test.

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Comment By: John Belmonte (jbelmonte)
Date: 2004-05-21 23:46

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I do intend to make a patch, but it may be some time before I get to 
it.  Please give me a few weeks.  If someone else would like to step 
in, that is fine, just let me know before you start the work. 
 

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Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2004-05-21 15:00

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Consider mentioning this on comp.lang.python.  Perhaps 
someone will volunteer to write a patch.

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2004-05-10 01:08

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Would you like to work on a patch?

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Comment By: David Albert Torpey (dtorp)
Date: 2004-05-09 10:54

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I like this idea.  It is more portable.

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2004-04-16 05:52

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Move to feature requests tracker

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