[Python-ideas] Iterating non-newline-separated files should be easier

[Paul Moore]

On 23 July 2014 05:24, Andrew Barnert <abarnert at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> This is also an example of why I'm struggling to understand how an
>> open() parameter "solves all the cases". There's no explicit open()
>> call here, so how do you specify the record separator? Seeing how you
>> propose this would work would be really helpful to me.
>
> The open function is just a shortcut to constructing a stack of io classes;

Ah, yes, I get what you're saying now. I was reading your proposal too
literally as being about "open", and forgetting you can use the
underlying classes to rewrap existing streams.

Thanks for your patience.
Paul