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Re: python file API

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From Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com>
Date 2012-09-24 14:58 -0700
Subject Re: python file API
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Dave Angel <d@davea.name> wrote:
>
> And what approach would you use for positioning relative to
> end-of-file?  That's currently done with an optional second parameter to
> seek() method.
>

I'm not advocating for or against the idea, but that could be handled
the same way indexing into lists can index relative to the end:
negative indices.

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python file API zipher <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 14:35 -0700
  Re: python file API Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-24 17:49 -0400
    Re: python file API Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-09-25 08:22 +0200
      Re: python file API Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-25 04:19 -0400
        Re: python file API Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-09-25 14:07 +0000
      Re: python file API Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-25 12:07 -0400
      Re: python file API Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-26 02:12 +1000
  Re: python file API Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2012-09-24 14:58 -0700
  Re: python file API Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-25 08:14 +1000
    Re: python file API zipher <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 15:36 -0700
      Re: python file API Mark Adam <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 21:32 -0500
      Re: python file API Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-25 08:27 +0100
      Re: python file API Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-25 11:51 +0100
    Re: python file API zipher <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 15:36 -0700
      Re: python file API Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-25 02:28 +0000
        Re: python file API Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-09-25 07:25 +0200
          Re: python file API Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-25 07:28 +0000
            Re: python file API Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-09-25 21:40 +0200
    Re: python file API Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-25 01:33 +0000
  Re: python file API Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-24 18:36 -0400
  Re: python file API Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-09-24 16:37 -0600
    Re: python file API Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-09-25 07:32 +0200
      Re: python file API Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-25 04:13 -0400
        Re: python file API Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-09-25 11:53 +0200
      Re: python file API Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-09-25 03:32 -0600
  Re: python file API Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-25 08:57 +1000
  Re: python file API Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-25 00:12 +0100
  Re: python file API Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2012-09-24 16:14 -0700
  Re: python file API Ramchandra Apte <maniandram01@gmail.com> - 2012-09-30 05:50 -0700

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