This looks like the right approach to address #2. The test is not passing because the test is not using an actual file but a stringIO object (which has a file like interface). Is it important for tailer to work on file-like objects or is it okay for it just to work on files?

If it's okay to just work on files, then, I can fix up the tests.

If you want the test to pass on file-like objects like stringIO I can alter the code to handle that case.

tailer should work on any file-like-object. One of the reasons it was created was to work on sockets and StringIO because normal tail does not.

Got it! Thanks.

@six8, thanks for the quick response. I'm going to go with tailhead which is more oriented to files (and which builds on your great work here). Thanks again for the useful library.

is the idea of adding this dead?

I'm also curious if this idea is dead.