[Python-Dev] Missing POSIX functions: the list

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Greg Stein writes:
 > No need to do a new type. Just wrap the DIR* into a PyCObject. Add a magic
 > number if you're worried about mixing CObjects.

  That's certainly one option, but I would have made readdir(),
seekdir(), rewinddir() and closedir() into the methods read(), seek(), 
rewind() and close().  So it's a question of what interface you
prefer; functions with magically interpreted token parameters (kind of 
like file descriptors, hey!), or something that is more recognizably
object-oriented.
  I know my preference.  ;-)


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.	     <fdrake@acm.org>
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