Want to inherit from file

[Siebren van der Zee]

Franz GEIGER wrote:
> 
> I'd like to inherit from file to add some functionality:
> 
>  As a file object comes into existence by calling f=open() and not something
> like f=File(), I guess there is no regular way to do it.
> 
> Any idea how to overcome this?

How about first implementing File as a wrapper around open() yourself?

class File:
    def __init__(self, name, mode = 'r'):
        self._fileobj = open(name, mode)
    def readline(self):
        return self._fileobj.readline()
    def readlines(self):
        return self._fileobj.readlines()
    def close(self):
        return self._fileobj.close()
    def allTheOthers():
	...

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