uio – Input/output streams

Note

This module is not available on the BOOST Move Hub.

This module contains additional types of stream (file-like) objects and helper functions.

class BytesIO

class BytesIO(initial_bytes: bytes)

class BytesIO(alloc_size: int)

A binary stream using an in-memory bytes buffer.

Parameters

• initial_bytes – Optional bytes-like object that contains initial data.

• alloc_size – Optional number of preallocated bytes.

class StringIO

class StringIO(initial_value: str)

class StringIO(alloc_size: int)

A binary stream using an in-memory string buffer.

Parameters

• initial_value – Optional string object that contains initial data.

• alloc_size – Optional number of preallocated bytes.

class FileIO

This is type of a file open in binary mode, e.g. using open(name, 'rb'). You should not instantiate this class directly.