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

Jack Jansen Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:12:09 +0100

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:-)