diff Lib/StringIO.py @ 57696:215ddff199c1 legacy-trunk

make StringIO like other file objects in that readline(-1) has no effect #7348
author Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
date Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:29:16 +0000
parents e8532cc8a14e
children b36cb4602e21
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--- a/Lib/StringIO.py	Sun Dec 13 16:36:53 2009 +0000
+++ b/Lib/StringIO.py	Sun Dec 13 17:29:16 2009 +0000
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
             newpos = self.len
         else:
             newpos = i+1
-        if length is not None:
+        if length is not None and length > 0:
             if self.pos + length < newpos:
                 newpos = self.pos + length
         r = self.buf[self.pos:newpos]