Issue 13190: ConfigParser uses wrong newline on Windows (original) (raw)
Issue13190
Created on 2011-10-16 17:47 by mrblabla, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.
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| msg145632 - (view) | Author: Mr Bla Bla (mrblabla) | Date: 2011-10-16 17:47 |
| ConfigParser writes data to the config file using hard-coded newline: '\n'. This newline is not suitable for Windows. Therefore, the config file isn't readable in Notepad.exe. os.linesep should be used instead. | ||
| msg151829 - (view) | Author: Łukasz Langa (lukasz.langa) *  |
Date: 2012-01-23 17:17 |
| That is indeed the behaviour. Citing the tutorial: "Python on Windows makes a distinction between text and binary files; the end-of-line characters in text files are automatically altered slightly when data is read or written." When you're opening the file in binary mode, \n characters are not altered. Opening a file that way specifies programmer intent and I don't think we should force os.linesep in that case. |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2022-04-11 14:57:22 | admin | set | github: 57399 |
| 2012-01-23 17:17:36 | lukasz.langa | set | status: open -> closedresolution: works for memessages: + stage: resolved |
| 2011-10-17 15:36:51 | eric.araujo | set | assignee: lukasz.langaversions: + Python 3.3, - Python 2.6nosy: + lukasz.langacomponents: + Library (Lib), - None |
| 2011-10-16 17:47:51 | mrblabla | create |