[Python-Dev] Wishlist: dowhile

Raymond Hettinger python at rcn.com
Mon Jun 13 22:46:18 CEST 2005


[Jp Calderone]
> Anything can be a for loop.
> 
>   for chunk in iter(lambda: f1.read(CHUNK_SIZE), ''):
>       f2.write(chunk)

It would be nice to have this encapsulated in a file method:

    for chunk in f1.iterblocks(CHUNK_SIZE):
        f2.write(chunk)


Raymond


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