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On 06/17/2015 06:45 PM, Paul Hubert wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 8:24:17 PM UTC-4, Chris Angelico wrote:
> 
>> Are you sure you want iteration and writelines() here? I would be
>> inclined to avoid those for any situation that isn't plain text. If
>> the file isn't too big, I'd just read it all in a single blob and then
>> write it all out at once.
>>
>> ChrisA
> 
> Do you think that would fix my issue? 

I recommend you try it and see.  That's the only way to know.  We don't
know any details of your program or situation really, so we can only guess.

> Could you give me an example?

Instead of writelines(), just write() the data.  There are examples in
the official python docs I'm sure.