Issue #1441530: In imaplib, read the data in one chunk to speed up large

reads and simplify code.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/imaplib.py b/Lib/imaplib.py
index 142e27b..1b54065 100644
--- a/Lib/imaplib.py
+++ b/Lib/imaplib.py
@@ -249,15 +249,7 @@ class IMAP4:
 
     def read(self, size):
         """Read 'size' bytes from remote."""
-        chunks = []
-        read = 0
-        while read < size:
-            data = self.file.read(min(size-read, 4096))
-            if not data:
-                break
-            read += len(data)
-            chunks.append(data)
-        return b''.join(chunks)
+        return self.file.read(size)
 
 
     def readline(self):