[Python-Dev] File Object Copy

[Moshe Zadka]

On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Peter Funk wrote:

> 'shutil.copyfile' however takes filenames as arguments and contains
> the loop sketched above as inline code.  I see two possibilities:
>   1. It would be easy to skip the open and close operations in 
>      'shutil.copyfile', if either 'src' or 'dst' are already open 
>      file objects instead of strings.  

-0: Too much Perl-like DWIM magic

>   2. Or you factor out the copy loop operation above and rename it into 
>      'copycontent' or 'copybytes' or whatever.

Of course it should be factored out: but the question remains, why shell
utils? Do you really think copybytes belongs there?
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