Module rfc822 - uses file-objects - why?

[William Annis]

Thomas Volkmar Worm <worm at gdp-group.com> writes:

>                                Do I need to store every list/string
> onto disk when I want to use these classes or methods on them?
> 
> To solve the problem I started to write a helper class which implements
> methods like readline for my objects, but I really do not want to write
> an emulation of the file-class again and again for each object I create.

        You have solved a problem other people have had and solved
already.  The StringIO class -- part of standard Python -- can be used
to make strings act like files:

        http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-StringIO.html

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