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[Python-Dev] empty string api for files

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> I'm not convinced. Where would you ever care about reading a file in
> N-bytes chucks?

This was once a standard paradigm for IBM mainframe files.  I vaguely 
remember having to specify the block/record size when opening such files. 
I have no idea of today's practice though.

Terry J. Reedy
 

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