reading files in small chunks?

[Rajesh Sathyamoorthy]

Hi,

I wanted to know why it is more efficient to read a file in smaller chunks (
using file() or open() )? If this is not done, will this lead to errors in
the data read or just results in slower performance?

Thank You.
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