Suggestions for ch03/python/test_avro.py

[JBPressac]

Hello,
On page 41 in the O'Reilly book, the file (test_avro.py) given as Example 3-2 has the same name as the file to write avros in Python given as Example 3-1.

What is more, the OUTFILE_NAME intialisation is missing. Here is the script (I named it test_reading_avro.py) with the suggested correction:

from avro import schema, datafile, io
import pprint
# Test reading avros
rec_reader = io.DatumReader()

# Create a 'data file' (avro file) reader
OUTFILE_NAME = '/tmp/messages.avro'
df_reader = datafile.DataFileReader( open(OUTFILE_NAME), rec_reader)

# Read all records stored inside
pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter()
for record in df_reader:
    pp.pprint(record)

What is more, I run those scripts on Mac OS X, but they won't work on Microsoft Windows which has no /tmp directory.

Jean-Baptiste