File reading

Load a file into list of lines:
infilename = ".myprog.cpp"
infile = open(infilename, 'r')  # open file for reading 

# load file into a list of lines:
lines = infile.readlines()    

# load file into a string:
filestr = infile.read()
Line-by-line reading (for large files):
while 1:
    line = infile.readline()
    if not line: break
    # process line

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