[Python-Dev] fileobj.read(float): warning or error?

[John J Lee]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Cameron Simpson wrote:
[...]
> Leaving aside the 0.2 => 0 converstion, shouldn't read() raise an
> exception if asked for < 1 bytes? Or is there a legitimate use for read(0)
> with which I was not previously aware?

http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html

read([size])

... If the size argument is negative or omitted, read all data until EOF 
is reached. ...


John