Define StringIO seek offset as code point offset

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30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Review the linked stringio-seek.patch and the StringIO seek implementation it targets. Trace the existing seek behavior and determine how the requested code-point offset definition should be represented. Done means the behavior is defined consistently and covered by the relevant IO tests.

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topic-IO type-feature
BPO 25190
Nosy @pitrou, @benjaminp, @socketpair, @eli-b, @vadmium, @serhiy-storchaka
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-09-20.06:15:12.941>
labels = ['type-feature', 'expert-IO']
title = 'Define StringIO seek offset as code point offset'
updated_at = <Date 2021-05-19.09:44:48.912>
user = 'https://github.com/vadmium'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-05-19.09:44:48.912>
actor = 'Eli_B'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['IO']
creation = <Date 2015-09-20.06:15:12.941>
creator = 'martin.panter'
dependencies = []
files = ['41313']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 25190
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 6.0
messages = ['251149', '251152', '251206', '256292', '256302', '256441']
nosy_count = 7.0
nosy_names = ['pitrou', 'benjamin.peterson', 'stutzbach', 'socketpair', 'Eli_B', 'martin.panter', 'serhiy.storchaka']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue25190'
versions = ['Python 3.6']

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