urllib (and urllib2) read all data from page on open()?

[Fuzzyman]

Bengt Richter wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:48:25 -0000, "Alex Stapleton"
<alexs at advfn.com> wrote:
>
> >Whilst it might be able to do what I want I feel this to be a flaw
in urllib
> >that should be fixed, or at least added to a buglist somewhere so I
can at
> >least pretend someone other than me cares.
> >
> Someone cares about top-posting. Please don't ;-)

Actually for many methods of reading usenet posts, and particularly for
archived usenet posts - e.g. google groups - selective top posting can
make threads a lot easier to read.....

Heresy though it may be.....

;-)

Regards,

Fuzzy
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