read() vs. vectorized read()?

[quinnj]

Is this right?

In  [14]:     f = open(fullpath)

Out [14]: IOStream(<file /Users/jacobquinn/domo/curse/data9.csv>)

In  [15]:     buf = read(f,Char,2^14)

Out [15]: 16384-element Array{Char,1}:
 '\U6d697422'
 '\U61747365'
 '\U2c22706d'
 '\U756f6322'
 '\U7972746e'
 '\U72222c22'
 '\U6f696765'
 '\U222c226e'
 '\U5f616d64'
 '\U2c226469'
 '\U74696322'
 '\U64695f79'
 '\U67222c22'
 ⋮           
 '\U32312d33'
 '\U3a343020'
 '\U303a3431'
 '\U222c2233'
 '\U2c225552'
 '\U6d656b22'
 '\U36222c22'
 '\U30303334'
 '\U222c2235'
 '\U36343537'
 '\U30372c22'
 '\U31382c30'

In  [16]:     f = open(fullpath)

Out [16]: IOStream(<file /Users/jacobquinn/domo/curse/data9.csv>)

In  [17]: buf = Array(Char,2^14)
    for i = 1:2^14
        buf[i] = read(f,Char)
    end

In  [18]: buf

Out [18]: 16384-element Array{Char,1}:
 '"'
 't'
 'i'
 'm'
 'e'
 's'
 't'
 'a'
 'm'
 'p'
 '"'
 ','
 '"'
 ⋮  
 '9'
 '4'
 '6'
 '9'
 'b'
 'e'
 'b'
 'd'
 '7'
 '3'
 '7'
 '5'

In  [19]: 

Peeking at the source seems to suggest they should be identical?

[mbauman]

This is #6466.

[quinnj]

Ah, thanks @mbauman.