[Tutor] writing & reading files

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

Frank,

First comment:

Save a lo of typing and lines by putting the 
prompt inside the raw_input() call:

> def add_name():
>     print 'Enter Name:'
>     dname=raw_input()

      dname = raw_input('Enter name:\n')


>     l=(dname, fname, hnum, ph, pg, cop, com)
>     d1[dname]=l

Where is d1 defined?
If you read it in from the pickle file somewhere 
else then we're OK, otherwise what? where?


>     f=open('phoneyold','w')
>     pickle.dump(d1,f)
>     f.close()
> d1={}
Ah here it is. But how is it loaded?
I think you need to assign p_d1 to it in your get_name function?

Otherwise the old names are never in d1 and so never 
get written out...

Alan g