[Tutor] Avoiding the use of files to store intermediate results

[Bob Gailer]

Andre Roberge wrote:
> On 4/25/06, Hugo González Monteverde <hugonz-lists at h-lab.net> wrote:
>   
>> Remember duck typing. An object just needs to look like a file in order
>> to be used like one.
>>
>> Guido's time machine has already forseen your problem. Take a look at
>> the StringIO module.  It allows you to use a string where you would
>> normally pass a file object.
>>
>>     
>
> Since I do something like
> os.open("python some_file.py > some_output")
> I don't see how I can pass a file-like object.  As far as I can tell
> "python" (the command) looks for a real file on the current path.
>   
How about using one of the os.popen functions, that returns a file-like 
object for stdout?
> André
>
>   
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> Hugo
>>
>>     
>>> ######
>>> While this works, I find it "messy", as it creates some intermediate
>>> files.  I was wondering if there was a better way to do things all in
>>> memory, in an OS independent way.
>>>
>>> [Note that the complete application is approximately 665 lines long
>>> ... a bit too much
>>> to post all here :-)]
>>>
>>> André
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