easy question on input files in Python
jerry_spicklemire at my-deja.com
jerry_spicklemire at my-deja.com
Tue Dec 5 09:17:45 EST 2000
Alex Martelli wrote:
> What Ian wants is a 'overwritable buffer', so the _same_
> memory area is reused at each read. But Python file
> objects don't support that. Nor I believe do array
> objects (their fromFile method appends to the array,
> does not overwrite it). I think it need to be done as a
> C extension (maybe Numeric already offers it...?).
Good point! Object arrays, not limited to numeric objects,
are one of the coolest features of Numeric.
I've no clue about over-writable-ness though.
Thanks for the reply!
Jerry S.
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