[Python-bugs-list] Ctrl-Z confuses readline on NT (PR#323)

[andrew@intertrader.com]

Full_Name: Andrew Cooke
Version: 1.5.2
OS: NT 4
Submission from: (NULL) (212.20.229.254)



Hi,

This may not be a Python bug, in that it probably reflects ancient 
MSDOS conventions that live on inside NT, but I would expect (hope?)
Python to work round it...

When reading a file (a mail spool file in some strange format) via a
file object, using readline, Ctrl-Z caused serious problems:

- in the midle of a line, the rest of the line was not read
- at the start of a line, it was taken as EOF

I tried searching on the bugs dbase (as I guess this is already
known, but found nothing under "Control Z" etc).

Once I realised the problem, it was easy to fix of course - so if there
is no work-round for Python, maybe it could be mentioned in the docs?
It might save someone else an hour or two...

Cheers,
Andrew