[Python-Dev] BufferedReader.peek() ignores its argument (original) (raw)

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Sun Apr 5 03:11:50 CEST 2009

2009/4/4 Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>:

Hello,

Currently, BufferedReader.peek() ignores its argument and can return more or less than the number of bytes requested by the user. This is how it was implemented in the Python version, and we've reflected this in the C version. It seems a bit strange and unhelpful though. Should we change the implementation so that the argument to peek() becomes the upper bound to the number of bytes returned?

+1 That sounds more useful.

Thanks for your advice,

-- Regards, Benjamin

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