[perl-python] 20050121 file reading & writing

[Erik Max Francis]

Bob Smith wrote:

> To do this efficiently on a large file (dozens or hundreds of megs), you 
> should use the 'sizehint' parameter so as not to use too much memory:
> 
> sizehint = 0
> mylist = f.readlines(sizehint)

It doesn't make any difference.  .readlines reads the entire file into 
memory at once.

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