BIG problem if readline strips newlines

[Alex Martelli]

"Bjorn Pettersen" <BPettersen at NAREX.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.992379739.20351.python-list at python.org...
    ...
"""
> >standard python idioms will no longer work...
> >
> >for line in file.readlines(chomp=1):
> >    pass
>
> Um.  Think again?  Why wouldn't this work?

I think he meant:

  while 1:
    line = file.readline(chomp=1)
    if not line: break
"""

So if you want your lines pre-chomped you have to use
the faster .xreadlines() approach -- doesn't seem a bad
thing to me... incentive towards progress!-)


Alex