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Two small clarifications after comments by Detlef Lannart.

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Jack Jansen 2002-02-05 23:50:38 +00:00
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@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ Specification
In a Python with universal newline support open() the mode
parameter can also be "t", meaning "open for input as a text file
with universal newline interpretation". Mode "t" cannot be
combined with other mode flags such as "+".
combined with other mode flags such as "+". Any line ending in the
input file will be seen as a '\n' in Python, so little other code has
to change to handle universal newlines.
There is no special support for output to file with a different
newline convention.
@ -77,7 +79,8 @@ Rationale
programs are expected to handle this by themselves or write files
with platform-local convention otherwise. The reason for this is
that input is the difficult case, outputting different newlines to
a file is already easy enough in Python.
a file is already easy enough in Python. It would also slow down
all "normal" Python output, even if only a little.
While universal newlines are automatically enabled for import they
are not for opening, where you have to specifically say open(...,