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Re: python file API

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2012-09-25 03:32 -0600
Subject Re: python file API
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Thomas Rachel
<nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de>
wrote:
> Am 25.09.2012 00:37 schrieb Ian Kelly:
>> Since ints are immutable, the language specifies that it should be the
>> equivalent of "file.pos = file.pos - 100", so it should set the file
>> pointer to 68 bytes before EOF.
>
>
> But this is not a "real int", it has a special use. So I don't think it is
> absolutely required to behave like an int.

The point of the proposal was to simplify the API.  With that in mind,
if it's supposed to look like an int, then it should *be* an int.

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  Re: python file API Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-24 17:49 -0400
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    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
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      Re: python file API Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-25 02:28 +0000
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          Re: python file API Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-25 07:28 +0000
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    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
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