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@maximesteisel
maximesteisel
mannequin
opened on Mar 2, 2015
BPO 23562
Nosy @vstinner, @maximesteisel
Superseder
  • bpo-12215: TextIOWrapper: issues with interlaced read-write
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closed_at = <Date 2015-03-02.15:45:52.019>
created_at = <Date 2015-03-02.14:37:41.806>
labels = ['expert-IO']
title = 'file.read() followed by file.write() result in incorrect behavior'
updated_at = <Date 2015-03-02.15:45:52.018>
user = 'https://github.com/maximesteisel'

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closed_date = <Date 2015-03-02.15:45:52.019>
closer = 'r.david.murray'
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creation = <Date 2015-03-02.14:37:41.806>
creator = 'Maxime S'
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issue_num = 23562
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
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status = 'closed'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue23562'
versions = ['Python 3.2', 'Python 3.3', 'Python 3.4', 'Python 3.5']

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    1. maximesteisel commented on Mar 2, 2015

      @maximesteisel
      maximesteiselmannequin
      on Mar 2, 2015
      MannequinAuthor

      Observed Behavior:

      $python3
Python 3.5.0a1+ (default, Mar  2 2015, 14:30:05) 
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> f = open("test", "w+")
>>> f.write("Hello World")
11
>>> f.seek(0)
0
>>> f.read(5)
'Hello'
>>> f.write(" people")
7
>>> f.seek(0)
0
>>> f.read()
'Hello World people'

      Expected Behavior

      According to POSIX, the last f.read() should return "Hello people", like in Python 2:

      $ python2
Python 2.7.3 (default, Feb 27 2014, 20:00:17) 
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> f = open("test", "w+")
>>> f.write("Hello World")
>>> f.seek(0)
>>> f.read(5)
'Hello'
>>> f.write(" people")
>>> f.seek(0)
>>> f.read()
'Hello people'

      Workaround:

      f.seek(f.tell()) immediately after f.read(5) restore the correct behavior.

    2. maximesteisel
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      on Mar 2, 2015

    3. vstinner commented on Mar 2, 2015

      @vstinner
      vstinner
      on Mar 2, 2015
      Member

      This issue is probably a duplicate of the issue bpo-12215 (see also bpo-12513 for the codecs moduile).

    4. bitdancer
      closed this as completedon Mar 2, 2015
    5. ezio-melotti
      transferred this issue fromon Apr 10, 2022
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