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Author	bsdphk
Recipients	bsdphk, pitrou
Date	2012-08-18.20:30:08
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I have not tried io.open(), nor would I suspect most users would realize that they needed to do so, in order to get the canonical behaviour from an operation called "write" on a file opened in "append" mode. IMO: If pythons file.write() does not give the guarantee POLA would indicate, it's either a bug or a doc-issue, no matter how many workarounds might exist. But I have neither a clue to the aspirational goals of python, nor to what it might take to fix this, so it's entirely your call.

I have not tried io.open(), nor would I suspect most users would realize that they needed to do so, in order to get the canonical behaviour from an operation called "write" on a file opened in "append" mode.

IMO: If pythons file.write() does not give the guarantee POLA would indicate, it's either a bug or a doc-issue, no matter how many workarounds might exist.

But I have neither a clue to the aspirational goals of python, nor to what it might take to fix this, so it's entirely your call.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-08-18 20:30:09	bsdphk	set	recipients: + bsdphk, pitrou
2012-08-18 20:30:09	bsdphk	set	messageid: <[email protected]>
2012-08-18 20:30:08	bsdphk	link	issue15723 messages
2012-08-18 20:30:08	bsdphk	create