Does anyone familiar with Python internals know if Python does some type of read-ahead when seeking to a position in a file? I'm noticing that seek commands are taking up more time than expected and I'm curious if there is a read involved with seeks.
Maybe strace will give clues
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Good question. I'm using binary files for this right now. I'll take a look at it.
It might be helpful to throw the code up in a Github repo as well.