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to control the number of lines read: no more lines will be read if the
total size (in bytes/characters) of all lines so far exceeds *hint*.
+ Note that it's already possible to iterate on file objects using ``for
+ line in file: ...`` without calling ``file.readlines()``.
+
.. method:: seek(offset, whence=SEEK_SET)
Change the stream position to the given byte *offset*. *offset* is