[Python-3000] iostack and sock2

[Greg Ewing]

tomer filiba wrote:

> yes, but +=/-= can be overriden to provide "efficient seeking". and, just
> thought about it: just like negative indexes of sequences, negative positions
> should be relative to the end of the stream. for example:
> 
> f.position = 4     # absolute -- seek(4, "start")
> f.position += 6   # relative to current -- seek(6, "curr")
> f.position = -7    # relative to end of stream -- seek(-7, "end")

How would you seek to exactly the end of the file,
without introducing signed integer zeroes to Python?-)

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Greg