Does array.read() move file pointer automatically?

[MRAB]

Lionel wrote:
 > On Feb 4, 3:10 pm, MRAB <goo... at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
 >> Lionel wrote:
 >>
 >>  > Hello everyone. Quick question: When using the "read()" method in the
 >>  > array module, must I redirect the current file pointer or will that
 >>  > occur automatically?
 >>  >
 >>  > For example, if I were to sequentially read data in chunks from a
 >>  > binary file as in:
 >>  >
 >>  >
 >>  > for currentChunk in range(numberOfChunksToRead):
 >>  >
 >>  >        floatData = array.array('f')
 >>  >        floatData.read(MyFileHandle, numberOfFloatsPerChunk)
 >>  >        ...go to work on data...
 >>  >
 >>  >
 >>  > at each iteration of the "for" loop, will the next chunk of bytes be
 >>  > read into "floatData" or must I move the file pointer by calling 
"seek
 >>  > ()" or some function like that?
 >>  >
 >> The read() method has been deprecated since version Python 1.5.1. Use
 >> the fromfile() method instead.
 >>
 >> It will advance the file pointer.
 >
 > Thank you, I'll change it. On a related matter, I seem to be making a
 > mistake somewhere in the way I'm importing and using modules (in
 > particular the "array" module).
 >
 > The following code generates an error (traceback message follows
 > code):
 >
 > import pdb
 > import array
 > from numpy import *
 >
[snip]
I think that numpy has a class called "array", so the "import *" will
result in the name "array" binding to that, thus hiding the module
called "array" that you've only just imported!