[Patches] fileinput.py argument handling (and suggestion)

[Moshe Zadka]

On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> fileinput.input(strip=1)?
> 
> But I think this is going too far.  Next we get
> 
> fileinput.input(lower=1)
> 
> fileinput.input(split=1)
> 
> fileinput.input(split=1, sep=':')
> 
> fileinput.input(split=1, sep=':', maxplit=3)
> 
> fileinput.input(strip=1, capitalize=1, expandtabs=1)
> 
> fileinput.input(startswith="#")
> 
> fileinput.input(find="spam")

Hmmmm....I'm sure Python is expressive enough to solve this problem
in a nice way?

How about having the FileInput class documentedy subclassable, and 
make available some nice mixins? I'm sure such a scheme could work.
I'll have to think about it some more -- I'm hoping to come up with
something soon.

too-much-time-without-a-cute-design-problem-ly y'rs, Z.
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