[Python-Dev] strop vs. string (original) (raw)

Greg Stein gstein@lyra.org
Fri, 25 May 2001 04:59:23 -0700

On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 10:23:10AM +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

Greg Ewing wrote: > "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com>: > > > BTW, wouldn't it suffice to add these methods to buffer objects ? > > Then you could write: buffer(ob).find('.'). > > Aren't buffer objects as they're currently implemented > inherently dangerous?

Why should they be ?

The buffer object caches the pointer from getreadbuffer and friends. If the target object changes that pointer (internally), then the buffer object's value is stale.

But that is a bug fix; it is independent of the discussion at hand.

Cheers, -g

-- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/