[Python-ideas] os.path.isbinary

[David Mertz]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> This sounds more like a job for a file-like object, maybe a subclass
>  of file that reads (and buffers) the first 512 bytes, guesses whether
> it's text or binary, and then watches everything that goes through
> after that and revises its guess later on.


Something like:

  if fh.read(512).isprintable():
      do_the_ascii_stuff(fh)
  else:
      do_the_bin_stuff(fh)



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