Following my previous question: this is what i came up with: perf_data is a vector.
void read_data() {
    long val;
    ifstream infile1("/foo/other");
    infile1 >> val;
    perf_data[1].first = val;
    infile1.close();
    ifstream infile2("/foo/core_0");
    infile2 >> val;
    perf_data[0].first = val;
    infile2.close();
}
In python as I understand, this cannot be done for a file or can it be?
 
    