while c = f.read(1)

[Robert Kern]

Greg McIntyre wrote:
> The 2nd option has real potential for me. Although the total amount of
> code is greater, it factors out some complexity away from the actual
> job, so that code is not obscured by unnecessary compexity. IMHO that's
> great practice.

Please quote the message you are replying to. We have no idea what "the
2nd option" is.

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Robert Kern
rkern at ucsd.edu

"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
 Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
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