Issue #20699: Document that “io” methods accept bytes-like objects

This matches the usage of ZipFile and BufferedWriter. This still requires
return values to be bytes() objects.

Also document and test that the write() methods should only access their
argument before they return.
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Martin Panter 2016-05-28 00:41:57 +00:00
parent fc36e66af4
commit 6bb91f3b6e
10 changed files with 128 additions and 67 deletions

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@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ The text stream API is described in detail in the documentation of
Binary I/O
^^^^^^^^^^
Binary I/O (also called *buffered I/O*) expects and produces :class:`bytes`
Binary I/O (also called *buffered I/O*) expects
:term:`bytes-like objects <bytes-like object>` and produces :class:`bytes`
objects. No encoding, decoding, or newline translation is performed. This
category of streams can be used for all kinds of non-text data, and also when
manual control over the handling of text data is desired.
@ -227,9 +228,10 @@ I/O Base Classes
when operations they do not support are called.
The basic type used for binary data read from or written to a file is
:class:`bytes`. :class:`bytearray`\s are accepted too, and in some cases
(such as :meth:`readinto`) required. Text I/O classes work with
:class:`str` data.
:class:`bytes`. Other :term:`bytes-like objects <bytes-like object>` are
accepted as method arguments too. In some cases, such as
:meth:`~RawIOBase.readinto`, a writable object such as :class:`bytearray`
is required. Text I/O classes work with :class:`str` data.
Note that calling any method (even inquiries) on a closed stream is
undefined. Implementations may raise :exc:`ValueError` in this case.
@ -393,18 +395,22 @@ I/O Base Classes
.. method:: readinto(b)
Read up to ``len(b)`` bytes into :class:`bytearray` *b* and return the
Read bytes into a pre-allocated, writable
:term:`bytes-like object` *b*, and return the
number of bytes read. If the object is in non-blocking mode and no bytes
are available, ``None`` is returned.
.. method:: write(b)
Write the given :class:`bytes` or :class:`bytearray` object, *b*, to the
underlying raw stream and return the number of bytes written. This can
be less than ``len(b)``, depending on specifics of the underlying raw
Write the given :term:`bytes-like object`, *b*, to the
underlying raw stream, and return the number of
bytes written. This can be less than the length of *b* in
bytes, depending on specifics of the underlying raw
stream, and especially if it is in non-blocking mode. ``None`` is
returned if the raw stream is set not to block and no single byte could
be readily written to it.
be readily written to it. The caller may release or mutate *b* after
this method returns, so the implementation should only access *b*
during the method call.
.. class:: BufferedIOBase
@ -476,8 +482,8 @@ I/O Base Classes
.. method:: readinto(b)
Read up to ``len(b)`` bytes into bytearray *b* and return the number of
bytes read.
Read bytes into a pre-allocated, writable
:term:`bytes-like object` *b* and return the number of bytes read.
Like :meth:`read`, multiple reads may be issued to the underlying raw
stream, unless the latter is interactive.
@ -487,7 +493,8 @@ I/O Base Classes
.. method:: readinto1(b)
Read up to ``len(b)`` bytes into bytearray *b*, using at most one call to
Read bytes into a pre-allocated, writable
:term:`bytes-like object` *b*, using at most one call to
the underlying raw stream's :meth:`~RawIOBase.read` (or
:meth:`~RawIOBase.readinto`) method. Return the number of bytes read.
@ -498,8 +505,8 @@ I/O Base Classes
.. method:: write(b)
Write the given :class:`bytes` or :class:`bytearray` object, *b* and
return the number of bytes written (never less than ``len(b)``, since if
Write the given :term:`bytes-like object`, *b*, and return the number
of bytes written (always equal to the length of *b* in bytes, since if
the write fails an :exc:`OSError` will be raised). Depending on the
actual implementation, these bytes may be readily written to the
underlying stream, or held in a buffer for performance and latency
@ -509,6 +516,9 @@ I/O Base Classes
data needed to be written to the raw stream but it couldn't accept
all the data without blocking.
The caller may release or mutate *b* after this method returns,
so the implementation should only access *b* during the method call.
Raw File I/O
^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -584,7 +594,8 @@ than raw I/O does.
:class:`BufferedIOBase`. The buffer is discarded when the
:meth:`~IOBase.close` method is called.
The argument *initial_bytes* contains optional initial :class:`bytes` data.
The optional argument *initial_bytes* is a :term:`bytes-like object` that
contains initial data.
:class:`BytesIO` provides or overrides these methods in addition to those
from :class:`BufferedIOBase` and :class:`IOBase`:
@ -682,7 +693,7 @@ than raw I/O does.
.. method:: write(b)
Write the :class:`bytes` or :class:`bytearray` object, *b* and return the
Write the :term:`bytes-like object`, *b*, and return the
number of bytes written. When in non-blocking mode, a
:exc:`BlockingIOError` is raised if the buffer needs to be written out but
the raw stream blocks.

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@ -296,8 +296,9 @@ class IOBase(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
called.
The basic type used for binary data read from or written to a file is
bytes. bytearrays are accepted too, and in some cases (such as
readinto) needed. Text I/O classes work with str data.
bytes. Other bytes-like objects are accepted as method arguments too. In
some cases (such as readinto), a writable object is required. Text I/O
classes work with str data.
Note that calling any method (even inquiries) on a closed stream is
undefined. Implementations may raise OSError in this case.
@ -596,7 +597,7 @@ class RawIOBase(IOBase):
return data
def readinto(self, b):
"""Read up to len(b) bytes into bytearray b.
"""Read bytes into a pre-allocated bytes-like object b.
Returns an int representing the number of bytes read (0 for EOF), or
None if the object is set not to block and has no data to read.
@ -606,7 +607,8 @@ class RawIOBase(IOBase):
def write(self, b):
"""Write the given buffer to the IO stream.
Returns the number of bytes written, which may be less than len(b).
Returns the number of bytes written, which may be less than the
length of b in bytes.
"""
self._unsupported("write")
@ -659,7 +661,7 @@ class BufferedIOBase(IOBase):
self._unsupported("read1")
def readinto(self, b):
"""Read up to len(b) bytes into bytearray b.
"""Read bytes into a pre-allocated bytes-like object b.
Like read(), this may issue multiple reads to the underlying raw
stream, unless the latter is 'interactive'.
@ -673,7 +675,7 @@ class BufferedIOBase(IOBase):
return self._readinto(b, read1=False)
def readinto1(self, b):
"""Read up to len(b) bytes into *b*, using at most one system call
"""Read bytes into buffer *b*, using at most one system call
Returns an int representing the number of bytes read (0 for EOF).
@ -701,8 +703,8 @@ class BufferedIOBase(IOBase):
def write(self, b):
"""Write the given bytes buffer to the IO stream.
Return the number of bytes written, which is never less than
len(b).
Return the number of bytes written, which is always the length of b
in bytes.
Raises BlockingIOError if the buffer is full and the
underlying raw stream cannot accept more data at the moment.
@ -884,7 +886,8 @@ class BytesIO(BufferedIOBase):
raise ValueError("write to closed file")
if isinstance(b, str):
raise TypeError("can't write str to binary stream")
n = len(b)
with memoryview(b) as view:
n = view.nbytes # Size of any bytes-like object
if n == 0:
return 0
pos = self._pos
@ -1090,14 +1093,13 @@ class BufferedReader(_BufferedIOMixin):
def _readinto(self, buf, read1):
"""Read data into *buf* with at most one system call."""
if len(buf) == 0:
return 0
# Need to create a memoryview object of type 'b', otherwise
# we may not be able to assign bytes to it, and slicing it
# would create a new object.
if not isinstance(buf, memoryview):
buf = memoryview(buf)
if buf.nbytes == 0:
return 0
buf = buf.cast('B')
written = 0

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@ -45,6 +45,22 @@ try:
except ImportError:
threading = None
try:
import ctypes
except ImportError:
def byteslike(*pos, **kw):
return array.array("b", bytes(*pos, **kw))
else:
def byteslike(*pos, **kw):
"""Create a bytes-like object having no string or sequence methods"""
data = bytes(*pos, **kw)
obj = EmptyStruct()
ctypes.resize(obj, len(data))
memoryview(obj).cast("B")[:] = data
return obj
class EmptyStruct(ctypes.Structure):
pass
def _default_chunk_size():
"""Get the default TextIOWrapper chunk size"""
with open(__file__, "r", encoding="latin-1") as f:
@ -284,7 +300,9 @@ class IOTest(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(f.tell(), 6)
self.assertEqual(f.seek(-1, 1), 5)
self.assertEqual(f.tell(), 5)
self.assertEqual(f.write(bytearray(b" world\n\n\n")), 9)
buffer = bytearray(b" world\n\n\n")
self.assertEqual(f.write(buffer), 9)
buffer[:] = b"*" * 9 # Overwrite our copy of the data
self.assertEqual(f.seek(0), 0)
self.assertEqual(f.write(b"h"), 1)
self.assertEqual(f.seek(-1, 2), 13)
@ -297,20 +315,21 @@ class IOTest(unittest.TestCase):
def read_ops(self, f, buffered=False):
data = f.read(5)
self.assertEqual(data, b"hello")
data = bytearray(data)
data = byteslike(data)
self.assertEqual(f.readinto(data), 5)
self.assertEqual(data, b" worl")
self.assertEqual(bytes(data), b" worl")
data = bytearray(5)
self.assertEqual(f.readinto(data), 2)
self.assertEqual(len(data), 5)
self.assertEqual(data[:2], b"d\n")
self.assertEqual(f.seek(0), 0)
self.assertEqual(f.read(20), b"hello world\n")
self.assertEqual(f.read(1), b"")
self.assertEqual(f.readinto(bytearray(b"x")), 0)
self.assertEqual(f.readinto(byteslike(b"x")), 0)
self.assertEqual(f.seek(-6, 2), 6)
self.assertEqual(f.read(5), b"world")
self.assertEqual(f.read(0), b"")
self.assertEqual(f.readinto(bytearray()), 0)
self.assertEqual(f.readinto(byteslike()), 0)
self.assertEqual(f.seek(-6, 1), 5)
self.assertEqual(f.read(5), b" worl")
self.assertEqual(f.tell(), 10)
@ -321,6 +340,10 @@ class IOTest(unittest.TestCase):
f.seek(6)
self.assertEqual(f.read(), b"world\n")
self.assertEqual(f.read(), b"")
f.seek(0)
data = byteslike(5)
self.assertEqual(f.readinto1(data), 5)
self.assertEqual(bytes(data), b"hello")
LARGE = 2**31
@ -637,10 +660,15 @@ class IOTest(unittest.TestCase):
def test_array_writes(self):
a = array.array('i', range(10))
n = len(a.tobytes())
with self.open(support.TESTFN, "wb", 0) as f:
self.assertEqual(f.write(a), n)
with self.open(support.TESTFN, "wb") as f:
self.assertEqual(f.write(a), n)
def check(f):
with f:
self.assertEqual(f.write(a), n)
f.writelines((a,))
check(self.BytesIO())
check(self.FileIO(support.TESTFN, "w"))
check(self.BufferedWriter(self.MockRawIO()))
check(self.BufferedRandom(self.MockRawIO()))
check(self.BufferedRWPair(self.MockRawIO(), self.MockRawIO()))
def test_closefd(self):
self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.open, support.TESTFN, 'w',
@ -799,6 +827,19 @@ class IOTest(unittest.TestCase):
with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
self.open(support.TESTFN, 'w', newline='invalid')
def test_buffered_readinto_mixin(self):
# Test the implementation provided by BufferedIOBase
class Stream(self.BufferedIOBase):
def read(self, size):
return b"12345"
read1 = read
stream = Stream()
for method in ("readinto", "readinto1"):
with self.subTest(method):
buffer = byteslike(5)
self.assertEqual(getattr(stream, method)(buffer), 5)
self.assertEqual(bytes(buffer), b"12345")
class CIOTest(IOTest):
@ -1390,6 +1431,11 @@ class BufferedWriterTest(unittest.TestCase, CommonBufferedTests):
bufio = self.tp(writer, 8)
bufio.write(b"abc")
self.assertFalse(writer._write_stack)
buffer = bytearray(b"def")
bufio.write(buffer)
buffer[:] = b"***" # Overwrite our copy of the data
bufio.flush()
self.assertEqual(b"".join(writer._write_stack), b"abcdef")
def test_write_overflow(self):
writer = self.MockRawIO()
@ -1716,11 +1762,13 @@ class BufferedRWPairTest(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(pair.read1(3), b"abc")
def test_readinto(self):
pair = self.tp(self.BytesIO(b"abcdef"), self.MockRawIO())
for method in ("readinto", "readinto1"):
with self.subTest(method):
pair = self.tp(self.BytesIO(b"abcdef"), self.MockRawIO())
data = bytearray(5)
self.assertEqual(pair.readinto(data), 5)
self.assertEqual(data, b"abcde")
data = byteslike(5)
self.assertEqual(getattr(pair, method)(data), 5)
self.assertEqual(bytes(data), b"abcde")
def test_write(self):
w = self.MockRawIO()
@ -1728,7 +1776,9 @@ class BufferedRWPairTest(unittest.TestCase):
pair.write(b"abc")
pair.flush()
pair.write(b"def")
buffer = bytearray(b"def")
pair.write(buffer)
buffer[:] = b"***" # Overwrite our copy of the data
pair.flush()
self.assertEqual(w._write_stack, [b"abc", b"def"])

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@ -399,7 +399,16 @@ class MemoryTestMixin:
del __main__.PickleTestMemIO
class BytesIOMixin:
class PyBytesIOTest(MemoryTestMixin, MemorySeekTestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
# Test _pyio.BytesIO; class also inherited for testing C implementation
UnsupportedOperation = pyio.UnsupportedOperation
@staticmethod
def buftype(s):
return s.encode("ascii")
ioclass = pyio.BytesIO
EOF = b""
def test_getbuffer(self):
memio = self.ioclass(b"1234567890")
@ -426,18 +435,6 @@ class BytesIOMixin:
memio.close()
self.assertRaises(ValueError, memio.getbuffer)
class PyBytesIOTest(MemoryTestMixin, MemorySeekTestMixin,
BytesIOMixin, unittest.TestCase):
UnsupportedOperation = pyio.UnsupportedOperation
@staticmethod
def buftype(s):
return s.encode("ascii")
ioclass = pyio.BytesIO
EOF = b""
def test_read1(self):
buf = self.buftype("1234567890")
memio = self.ioclass(buf)

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@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ bufferediobase_read1(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
PyDoc_STRVAR(bufferediobase_write_doc,
"Write the given buffer to the IO stream.\n"
"\n"
"Returns the number of bytes written, which is never less than\n"
"len(b).\n"
"Returns the number of bytes written, which is always the length of b\n"
"in bytes.\n"
"\n"
"Raises BlockingIOError if the buffer is full and the\n"
"underlying raw stream cannot accept more data at the moment.\n");

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@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ _io.BytesIO.readinto
buffer: Py_buffer(accept={rwbuffer})
/
Read up to len(buffer) bytes into buffer.
Read bytes into buffer.
Returns number of bytes read (0 for EOF), or None if the object
is set not to block and has no data to read.
@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ is set not to block and has no data to read.
static PyObject *
_io_BytesIO_readinto_impl(bytesio *self, Py_buffer *buffer)
/*[clinic end generated code: output=a5d407217dcf0639 input=b52a8782706f0037]*/
/*[clinic end generated code: output=a5d407217dcf0639 input=1424d0fdce857919]*/
{
Py_ssize_t len, n;

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@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(_io_BytesIO_readinto__doc__,
"readinto($self, buffer, /)\n"
"--\n"
"\n"
"Read up to len(buffer) bytes into buffer.\n"
"Read bytes into buffer.\n"
"\n"
"Returns number of bytes read (0 for EOF), or None if the object\n"
"is set not to block and has no data to read.");
@ -419,4 +419,4 @@ _io_BytesIO___init__(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
exit:
return return_value;
}
/*[clinic end generated code: output=164cf0e4117dadbe input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
/*[clinic end generated code: output=60ce2c6272718431 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/

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@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(_io_FileIO_write__doc__,
"write($self, b, /)\n"
"--\n"
"\n"
"Write bytes b to file, return number written.\n"
"Write buffer b to file, return number of bytes written.\n"
"\n"
"Only makes one system call, so not all of the data may be written.\n"
"The number of bytes actually written is returned. In non-blocking mode,\n"
@ -364,4 +364,4 @@ _io_FileIO_isatty(fileio *self, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
#ifndef _IO_FILEIO_TRUNCATE_METHODDEF
#define _IO_FILEIO_TRUNCATE_METHODDEF
#endif /* !defined(_IO_FILEIO_TRUNCATE_METHODDEF) */
/*[clinic end generated code: output=b1a20b10c81add64 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
/*[clinic end generated code: output=dcbc39b466598492 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/

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@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ _io.FileIO.write
b: Py_buffer
/
Write bytes b to file, return number written.
Write buffer b to file, return number of bytes written.
Only makes one system call, so not all of the data may be written.
The number of bytes actually written is returned. In non-blocking mode,
@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ returns None if the write would block.
static PyObject *
_io_FileIO_write_impl(fileio *self, Py_buffer *b)
/*[clinic end generated code: output=b4059db3d363a2f7 input=ffbd8834f447ac31]*/
/*[clinic end generated code: output=b4059db3d363a2f7 input=6e7908b36f0ce74f]*/
{
Py_ssize_t n;
int err;

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@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(iobase_doc,
"called.\n"
"\n"
"The basic type used for binary data read from or written to a file is\n"
"bytes. bytearrays are accepted too, and in some cases (such as\n"
"readinto) needed. Text I/O classes work with str data.\n"
"bytes. Other bytes-like objects are accepted as method arguments too.\n"
"In some cases (such as readinto), a writable object is required. Text\n"
"I/O classes work with str data.\n"
"\n"
"Note that calling any method (except additional calls to close(),\n"
"which are ignored) on a closed stream should raise a ValueError.\n"