On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 7:46 AM, Devin Jeanpierre
wrote:
> Why not take ownership of the file object, instead of requiring users
> to manage lifetimes?
Yeah, I've kind of been coming to this conclusion. So my question
then becomes: how do I "take ownership" of it? I already keep a
reference to
On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 7:36 AM, MRAB wrote:
> Why pass a file descriptor? Why not a filename?
The reason for a file descriptor is so that I can also add other
file-like objects, such as StringIO. My unit tests, for instance,
rely heavily on this. That being said, it is not *strictly* required
-friendly.
I'm looking for any ideas of how to do this better, or something I missed.
Any input is appreciated!
Thanks,
Chris Lalancette
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