[Python-Dev] PEP 278 - finished? (original) (raw)

Gordon McMillan gmcm@hypernet.com
Thu, 11 Apr 2002 18:04:28 -0400

On 11 Apr 2002 at 16:56, Gustavo Niemeyer wrote:

> How can you reliably update a file if there's no > obvious mapping between file position and character > position?

If you're updating a text file, the relation is probably about line position, not file position.

That's in the logical file. In the physical file, there may be 1 or 2 character line endings. Mixed. So knowing I want line 7 doesn't help me seek to it on disk.

No Windows programmer ever uses "+" without "b" without regret ;-(.

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