[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: whatsnew: 'U' mode deprecation (#15204). (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 14:36:19 CET 2014

On 10 Mar 2014 23:26, "Antoine Pitrou" <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:09:53 +1000 Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote: > On 10 Mar 2014 11:36, "r.david.murray" <python-checkins at python.org> wrote: > > > > +* The U mode accepted by various open functions is deprecated. > > + In Python3 it does not do anything useful, and should be replaced by > > + appropriate uses of :class:io.TextIOWrapper (if needed) and its > newline > > + argument. > > + > > Huh, I missed that change. Don't we still need U when writing 2/3 > compatible code at this point? Define "need" :-) I rarely if ever see "U" used in 2.x code, so I don't think the need is very pressing in general.

True, normal text mode is much more common. I'm OK with waiting to see if anyone actually complains about the deprecation :)

Cheers, Nick.

Regards Antoine.

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