[Python-Dev] str object going in Py3K (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Feb 15 20:43:13 CET 2006


On 2/15/06, Bill Janssen <janssen at parc.com> wrote:

The default behavior of the current open() in opening files as text is particularly grating.

Why? Are you perhaps one of those rare folks who read more binary data than text?

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