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Author	terry.reedy
Recipients	pitrou, terry.reedy, vstinner
Date	2011-06-04.00:53:06
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Message-id	<1307148786.7.0.444971075452.issue12215@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Perhaps the stdio requirement was based on an underlying OS (nix?) requirement, which io has to fulfill even if it does not use stdio. Stdio was, I presume, optimized for speed. In the relatively rare case of mixed read/write, it should* put the burden on the programmer. Python is a bit different.

Perhaps the stdio requirement was based on an underlying OS (*nix?) requirement, which io has to fulfill even if it does not use stdio.

Stdio was, I presume, optimized for speed.  In the relatively rare case of mixed read/write, it *should* put the burden on the programmer.  Python is a bit different.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2011-06-04 00:53:06	terry.reedy	set	recipients: + terry.reedy, pitrou, vstinner
2011-06-04 00:53:06	terry.reedy	set	messageid: <1307148786.7.0.444971075452.issue12215@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2011-06-04 00:53:06	terry.reedy	create