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From: "Haralanov, Mitko" <mitko.haralanov@intel.com>
To: Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz>, "python-list@python.org" <python-list@python.org>
Subject: RE: Controlling buffer alignment in file.read()
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> For control at that level you'd be better off using
> direct system calls, i.e. os.open() and os.read(),
> then you can read exacty the number of bytes you want.
>=20

The problem is not controlling the number of bytes read. That part seems to=
 be working.
The issue is that the buffer into which the data is placed needs to be of c=
ertain alignment (8byte-aligned). Python does not seem to have a way that a=
llows me to control that.

Thanks,
- Mitko