[Python-Dev] Next version of PEP278 - universal newline support (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz@pythoncraft.com
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:25:28 -0500

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote:

I wonder if it would make sense to put a warning when people use f.read(n) on a file opened in text mode? I think f.read(n) is an almost sure sign that they're seeing the file as binary data. However, f.read() or f.read(-1) is used to slurp in text as well, so should not trigger the warning. Opinions?

+1

Warnings for something we know to be a problem are "always" good. The only worry is CGI scripts, but even then warnings go to stderr, right?

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