[Python] What is the idiomatic way to iterate over a binary file?

With a text file, I can write this:

with open(path, 'r') as file:
for line in file:
# handle the line


This is equivalent to this:

with open(path, 'r') as file:
for line in iter(file.readline, ''):
# handle the line


This idiom is documented in PEP 234 but I have failed to locate a similar idiom for binary files.

With a binary file, I can write this:

with open(path, 'rb') as file:
while True:
chunk = file.read(1024 * 64)
if not chunk:
break
# handle the chunk


I have tried the same idiom that with a text file:

def make_read(file, size):
def read():
return file.read(size)
return read

with open(path, 'rb') as file:
for chunk in iter(make_read(file, 1024 * 64), b''):
# handle the chunk


Is it the idiomatic way to iterate over a binary file in Python?

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