[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Python bltinmodule.c,2.198,2.199

[Moshe Zadka]

On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Tim Peters <tim_one@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Modified Files:
> 	bltinmodule.c 
> Log Message:
> Fix buglet reported on c.l.py:  map(fnc, file.xreadlines()) blows up.
> Also a 2.1 bugfix candidate (am I supposed to do something with those?).
> Took away map()'s insistence that sequences support __len__, and cleaned
> up the convoluted code that made it *look* like it really cared about
> __len__ (in fact the old ->len field was only *used* as a flag bit, as
> the main loop only looked at its sign bit, setting the field to -1 when
> IndexError got raised; renamed the field to ->saw_IndexError instead).

Can anyone give me his opinion about whether 2.0.1 should have this
bug fix? It's not just for file.xreadlines(): the older fileinput.fileinput()
is hurt by this as well...

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