[ python-Bugs-1377394 ] read() / readline() blow up if file has even number of char.

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Bugs item #1377394, was opened at 2005-12-09 15:43
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Category: Unicode
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: superwesman (superwesman)
Assigned to: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Summary: read() / readline() blow up if file has even number of char.

Initial Comment:
Hello, I am having a problem with the read() and
readline() functions.  I'm using codecs.open() to open
a text file, then using either read() or readline() to
get its contents.  In python 2.4.2, if the file has an
even number of characters, I get a UnicodeDecodeError.
 If python 2.4.1 this works regardless of the character
count.  I've pasted below a sample script and the
sample text file I was running.  This is the command I
executed at the Windows 2000 CMD prompt:

python sample.py sample.txt

Again, in 2.4.1, this works fine - in 2.4.2 it breaks
when the file-to-be-read has an odd number of characters.

Thanks.
-w

# start: sample.py

import codecs
import sys

print "open the file"
in_file = codecs.open( sys.argv[1], "r",
"unicode_internal" )
print "read the file"
the_file = in_file.read()
print "close the file"
in_file.close()
print "done"

# end: sample.py

# start: sample.txt
RESULTHOST=vivaldi
RESULTPORT=a
DB_XML=/test/art/jfw/config/DBList.xml
LOGCHECK_IGNORE=art_actions.txt

# end: sample.txt


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