The spam module defines operations for handling cans of Spam.
It knows the four generally available Spam varieties and understands
both can sizes.
Because spamification requires Unix process management, the module
is only available on genuine Unix systems.
The spam module defines the following functions:
open( |
filename[, mode[, buffersize]]) |
-
Open the file filename as a can of Spam. The optional
mode and buffersize arguments specify the read/write mode
(
'r'
(default) or 'w'
) and the buffer size (default:
system dependent).
- cansize
-
The default can size, in ounces. Legal values are 7 and 12. The
default varies per supermarket. This variable should not be changed
once the open() function has been called.
- exception error
-
Exception raised when an operation fails for a Spam specific reason.
The exception argument is a string describing the reason of the
failure.