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Re:Using Enumerated Types in Python by MikeTheGreat on Saturday June 06, 2020 @03:42PM (#23441718)
I will now - thanks for the tip! :)

And, moreover, this will inspire me to ask "How many other traditional magic numbers/strings/etc have I gotten used to that might be defined more readably?" strcmp, I'm looking at you!

I know your post was sarcastic/snarky but it was genuinely helpful

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Re:Using Enumerated Types in Python by 1wd on Saturday June 06, 2020 @05:19PM (#23442311)
f.tell(offset, os.SEEK_CUR) over f.tell(offset, 1)

https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.SEEK_CUR

I wish the docs on f.tell at least mentioned the option

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/inputoutput.html#methods-...

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Re:Using Enumerated Types in Python by remram on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:25PM (#23444267)
Except it wasn't, os.O_WRONLY is for os.open() (equivalent of open syscall, takes numeric flags), not the built-in open() (equivalent of C fopen, takes "w" and similar strings).
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