On 2005 Jan 13, at 22:43, Paramjit Oberoi wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:40:56 +0100, Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it>
> wrote:
>>
>> So please explain what's imperfect in wrapping a str into a StringIO?
>
> If I understand Philip's argument correctly, the problem is this:
>
> def print_next_line(f: file):
> print f.readline()
>
> s = "line 1\n" "line 2"
>
> print_next_line(s)
> print_next_line(s)
>
> This will print "line 1" twice.
Ah! A very clear example, thanks. Essentially equivalent to saying
that adapting a list to an iterator ``rewinds'' each time the
``adaptation'' is performed, if one mistakenly thinks of iter(L) as
providing an _adapter_:
def print_next_item(it: iterator):
print it.next()
L = ['item 1', 'item 2']
print_next_item(L)
print_next_item(L)
Funny that the problem was obvious to me for the list->iterator issue
and yet I was so oblivious to it for the str->readablefile one. OK,
this does show that (at least some) classical cases of Adapter Design
Pattern are unsuitable for implicit adaptation (in a language with
mutation -- much like, say, a square IS-A rectangle if a language does
not allow mutation, but isn't if the language DOES allow it).
Thanks!
Alex
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