[Python-Dev] fileobj.read(float): warning or error?

Mon Jul 21 21:23:21 CEST 2008

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Victor Stinner <
victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>> Since Python 2.4 (maybe 2.2 or older), fileobj.read(4.2) displays an error
> and
> works as fileobj.read(4).
>> >>> i=open('/etc/issue')
> >>> i.read(4.2)
> __main__:1: DeprecationWarning: integer argument expected, got float

This warning is actually given by the argument parser when "i" gets a Python
non-integer.
>>> It should raises an error instead of a warning, it has no sense to read a
> partial byte :-) But that should breaks some applications?

This doesn't come into effect until 3.0.
>>> Well, the real problem is os.urandom(4.2) which goes to an unlimited loop:
>> while len(bytes) < n:
> bytes += read(_urandomfd, n - len(bytes))
>> because read(0.2) works as read(0) :-/
>> Victor
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