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[Alex Martelli]

"Rupert Scammell" <rupe at metro.yak.net> wrote in message
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> I was aware of the readlines() limitation, but I'm wondering how
> xreadlines() differs from using something like for line in
> fileinput.input([file]): process(line), which I've been using instead
> of readlines()?

I think fileinput has been upgraded to use xreadlines or its
equivalent internally.


> Any appreciable performance or mem usage differences here?

You had better measure, otherwise the response may not be
significant for your specific platform.


Alex