John Hunter wrote: >> At the same time, I notice that cbook.is_file_like is identical to >> is_string_like. This seems worse than useless to me. If we are going >> to have "is_file_like" then it should do something like check for read >> and write methods. > > This looks like a bug. No other part of the code even calls it, so I > removed it and noted it in API CHANGES Coincidentally, I just noticed this myself, and fixed it (and renamed it to is_writable_file_like). There will be (once I commit), and handful of places that use it. Cheers, Mike -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA