Support for SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA

Lib/_pyio.py

 """
 Python implementation of the io module.
 """
 
 import os
 import abc
 import codecs
 import warnings
 import errno
 # Import _thread instead of threading to reduce startup cost
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     def seek(self, pos, whence=0):
         """Change stream position.
 
         Change the stream position to byte offset offset. offset is
         interpreted relative to the position indicated by whence.  Values
         for whence are ints:
 
         * 0 -- start of stream (the default); offset should be zero or positive
         * 1 -- current stream position; offset may be negative
         * 2 -- end of stream; offset is usually negative
+        Some operating systems / file systems could provide additional values.
 
         Return an int indicating the new absolute position.
         """
         self._unsupported("seek")
 
     def tell(self):
         """Return an int indicating the current stream position."""
         return self.seek(0, 1)
 
     def truncate(self, pos=None):
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             raise TypeError("an integer is required") from err
         if whence == 0:
             if pos < 0:
                 raise ValueError("negative seek position %r" % (pos,))
             self._pos = pos
         elif whence == 1:
             self._pos = max(0, self._pos + pos)
         elif whence == 2:
             self._pos = max(0, len(self._buffer) + pos)
         else:
-            raise ValueError("invalid whence value")
+            raise ValueError("unsupported whence value")
         return self._pos
 
     def tell(self):
         if self.closed:
             raise ValueError("tell on closed file")
         return self._pos
 
     def truncate(self, pos=None):
         if self.closed:
             raise ValueError("truncate on closed file")
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             return b""
         with self._read_lock:
             self._peek_unlocked(1)
             return self._read_unlocked(
                 min(n, len(self._read_buf) - self._read_pos))
 
     def tell(self):
         return _BufferedIOMixin.tell(self) - len(self._read_buf) + self._read_pos
 
     def seek(self, pos, whence=0):
-        if not (0 <= whence <= 2):
-            raise ValueError("invalid whence value")
         with self._read_lock:
             if whence == 1:
                 pos -= len(self._read_buf) - self._read_pos
             pos = _BufferedIOMixin.seek(self, pos, whence)
             self._reset_read_buf()
             return pos
 
 class BufferedWriter(_BufferedIOMixin):
 
     """A buffer for a writeable sequential RawIO object.
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                     errno.EAGAIN,
                     "write could not complete without blocking", 0)
             if n > len(self._write_buf) or n < 0:
                 raise IOError("write() returned incorrect number of bytes")
             del self._write_buf[:n]
 
     def tell(self):
         return _BufferedIOMixin.tell(self) + len(self._write_buf)
 
     def seek(self, pos, whence=0):
-        if not (0 <= whence <= 2):
-            raise ValueError("invalid whence")
         with self._write_lock:
             self._flush_unlocked()
             return _BufferedIOMixin.seek(self, pos, whence)
 
 
 class BufferedRWPair(BufferedIOBase):
 
     """A buffered reader and writer object together.
 
     A buffered reader object and buffered writer object put together to
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     _warning_stack_offset = 3
 
     def __init__(self, raw,
                  buffer_size=DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, max_buffer_size=None):
         raw._checkSeekable()
         BufferedReader.__init__(self, raw, buffer_size)
         BufferedWriter.__init__(self, raw, buffer_size, max_buffer_size)
 
     def seek(self, pos, whence=0):
-        if not (0 <= whence <= 2):
-            raise ValueError("invalid whence")
         self.flush()
         if self._read_buf:
             # Undo read ahead.
             with self._read_lock:
                 self.raw.seek(self._read_pos - len(self._read_buf), 1)
         # First do the raw seek, then empty the read buffer, so that
         # if the raw seek fails, we don't lose buffered data forever.
         pos = self.raw.seek(pos, whence)
         with self._read_lock:
             self._reset_read_buf()
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             if cookie != 0:
                 raise UnsupportedOperation("can't do nonzero end-relative seeks")
             self.flush()
             position = self.buffer.seek(0, 2)
             self._set_decoded_chars('')
             self._snapshot = None
             if self._decoder:
                 self._decoder.reset()
             return position
         if whence != 0:
-            raise ValueError("invalid whence (%r, should be 0, 1 or 2)" %
-                             (whence,))
+            raise ValueError("unsupported whence (%r)" % (whence,))
         if cookie < 0:
             raise ValueError("negative seek position %r" % (cookie,))
         self.flush()
 
         # The strategy of seek() is to go back to the safe start point
         # and replay the effect of read(chars_to_skip) from there.
         start_pos, dec_flags, bytes_to_feed, need_eof, chars_to_skip = \
             self._unpack_cookie(cookie)
 
         # Seek back to the safe start point.
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     def errors(self):
         return None
 
     @property
     def encoding(self):
         return None
 
     def detach(self):
         # This doesn't make sense on StringIO.
         self._unsupported("detach")