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

[Jack Jansen]

On donderdag, maart 14, 2002, at 01:16 , Fredrik Lundh wrote:

> someone wrote:
>
>> jack wrote:
>>> - open(filename, 'U') is now the way to open files for universal
>>> newline reading because 't' may have a use on Windows;
>>
>> "U" as in Ugly?
>
> but except for the mode parameter, the "newlines" hack, [...]

What do you mean by the "newlines hack"? I consider the 
functionality vital, but I'm open for a different way to get the 
functionality if you think that the newlines attribute is a 
hack. That is: if you also explain why you think it's a hack:-)
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