file object and eof

[Grant Edwards]

On 2006-08-15, KraftDiner <bobrien18 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I open a file in python by
> f = open('filename', mode='rb')
>
> how can I tell if I am at the end of file?

I don't believe you can unless you try to read from the file.

> f.eof() isn't implmented.
>
> How can I implement its functionallity?

You don't, generally.

There's probably a better, "more Pythonic" way to accomplish
your goal, but you're going to have to tell us what it is.

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