[Python-Dev] PEP 246, redux

[Paramjit Oberoi]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:40:56 +0100, Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> wrote:
>
> So please explain what's imperfect in wrapping a str into a StringIO?

If I understand Philip's argument correctly, the problem is this:

def print_next_line(f: file):
    print f.readline()

s = "line 1\n" "line 2"

print_next_line(s)
print_next_line(s)

This will print "line 1" twice.

-param