For a file f, iter(f) now returns f (unless f is closed), and f.next()
is similar to f.readline() when EOF is not reached; however, f.next()
uses a readahead buffer that messes up the file position, so mixing
f.next() and f.readline() (or other methods) doesn't work right.
Calling f.seek() drops the readahead buffer, but other operations
don't.
The real purpose of this change is to reduce the confusion between
objects and their iterators. By making a file its own iterator, it's
made clearer that using the iterator modifies the file object's state
(in particular the current position).
A nice side effect is that this speeds up "for line in f:" by not
having to use the xreadlines module. The f.xreadlines() method is
still supported for backwards compatibility, though it is the same as
iter(f) now.
(I made some cosmetic changes to Oren's code, and added a test for
"file closed" to file_iternext() and file_iter().)
+ Continued looping until n bytes in the buffer have been filled, not
just when n bytes have been read from the file. This repairs the
bug that f.readlines() only sucked up the first 8192 bytes of the file
on Windows when universal newlines was enabled and f was opened in
U mode (see Python-Dev -- this was the ultimate cause of the
test_inspect.py failure).
+ Changed prototye to take a char* buffer (void* doesn't make much sense).
+ Squashed size_t vs int mismatches (in particular, besides the unsigned
vs signed distinction, size_t may be larger than int).
+ Gets out under all error conditions now (it's possible for fread() to
suffer an error even if it returns a number larger than 0 -- any
"short read" is an error or EOF condition).
+ Rearranged and simplified declarations.
Highlights: import and friends will understand any of \r, \n and \r\n
as end of line. Python file input will do the same if you use mode 'U'.
Everything can be disabled by configuring with --without-universal-newlines.
See PEP278 for details.
const char* instead of char*. The change is conceptually correct, and
indirectly fixes a compiler wng introduced when somebody else innocently
passed a const char* to this function.
use the new names exclusively, and the linker will see the new names.
Files that import "Python.h" also only see the new names. Files that
import "allobjects.h" will continue to be able to use the old names,
due to the inclusion (in allobjects.h) of "rename2.h".
object.h: made sizes and refcnts signed ints.
stringobject.h: make getstrsize() signed int.
methodobject.h: add METH_VARARGS and METH_FREENAME flag bit definitions.
* Grammar: add exec statement; allow testlist in expr statement.
* ceval.c, compile.c, opcode.h: support exec statement;
avoid optimizing locals when it is used
* fileobject.{c,h}: add getfilename() internal function.
* Makefile: change location of FORMS library.
* posixmodule.c: turn #if 0 into #ifdef MSDOS (stuff in unistd.h or not)
* Almost all .h files: added CPP magic to avoid duplicate inclusions and
to support inclusion from C++.
* Stubs for faster implementation of local variables (not yet finished)
* Added function name to code object. Print it for code and function
objects. THIS MAKES THE .PYC FILE FORMAT INCOMPATIBLE (the version
number has changed accordingly)
* Print address of self for built-in methods
* New internal functions getattro and setattro (getattr/setattr with
string object arg)
* Replaced "dictobject" with more powerful "mappingobject"
* New per-type functio tp_hash to implement arbitrary object hashing,
and hashobject() to interface to it
* Added built-in functions hash(v) and hasattr(v, 'name')
* classobject: made some functions static that accidentally weren't;
added __hash__ special instance method to implement hash()
* Added proper comparison for built-in methods and functions
Raymond Hettinger
Skip Montanaro
Martin v. Löwis
Mark Hammond
Guido van Rossum
Tim Peters
Jack Jansen
Andrew M. Kuchling
Fred Drake