print bypasses calling write method for objects inheriting from file?

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Wed, 30 May 2007 04:24:30 -0300, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de>  
escribió:

>> I created an object that inherits from file and was a bit surprised to
>> find that print seems to bypass the write method for objects
>> inheriting from file.  An optimization I suppose.  Does this surprise
>> anyone else at all or am I missing something?
>
> No, your analysis is correct, though I'd consider optimization an  
> euphemism
> for bug here. Noone was annoyed enough to write a patch, it seems.

A one-line patch, I guess, PyFile_CheckExact instead of PyFile_Check. Or a  
few lines, checking if the write method is still the builtin one. As this  
is the third time I see this question I'll try to submit the patch.

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Gabriel Genellina