[Python-ideas] os.path.isbinary

[Ryan]

That's a pretty good idea. Or it could be like this:

if fh.printable():

It would have an optional argument: the number of bytes to read in. Default is 512. So, if we wanted 1024 bytes instead of 512:

if fh.printable(1024):

David Mertz <mertz at gnosis.cx> wrote:

>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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