[Python-Dev] fileobj.read(float): warning or error? (original) (raw)

Cameron Simpson cs at zip.com.au
Tue Jul 22 07:37:44 CEST 2008


On 21Jul2008 21:17, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> wrote: | Well, the real problem is os.urandom(4.2) which goes to an unlimited loop: | while len(bytes) < n: | bytes += read(urandomfd, n - len(bytes)) | because read(0.2) works as read(0) :-/

Leaving aside the 0.2 => 0 converstion, shouldn't read() raise an exception if asked for < 1 bytes? Or is there a legitimate use for read(0) with which I was not previously aware?

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