[Python-Dev] Proposal for new core module: UserFIle (original) (raw)

Phillip J. Eby pje at telecommunity.com
Thu Dec 11 17:51:39 EST 2003

At 02:37 PM 12/11/03 -0800, Keith Dart wrote:

This module lets you explicitly create a text data file for any platform. The universal newline feature of python is for Python modules only, and lets you transparently import and exec Python source files with the different line ending formats. That is a different thing.

Not so. See:

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/built-in-funcs.html

under 'file()', which notes that 'U' or 'rU' enable universal newline mode for any input file.

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