MRAB wrote:
> I was thinking along the lines of:
> def peek(self, size=None, block=True)
> If 'block' is True then return 'size' bytes, unless the end of the
> file/stream is reached; if 'block' is False then return up to 'size'
> bytes, without blocking....
I tend to prefer zero-ish defaults, how about:
def peek(self, size=None, nonblocking=False)
We still don't have "at most one read" code, but something a bit like
data = obj.peek(size=desired, nonblocking=True)
if len(data) < desired:
data = obj.peek(size=wanted, nonblocking=False)
might suffice.
--Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org
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