[Python-Dev] Next version of PEP278 - universal newline support - available

[Aahz]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002, Paul Svensson wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Just van Rossum wrote:
>> 
>>Am I the only one who wants universal newlines *without* a new mode
>>character?  Ideally I'd like *existing* code that works with text
>>files to accept any line ending.
>
> No, you're not the only one.
> Of course, this will break some unix code where the author forgot to add
> a "b" when opening a binary file, but I'd say they deserve to lose.

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