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Author	melbourne
Recipients	georg.brandl, melbourne
Date	2009-06-18.01:14:19
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Message-id	<1245287661.76.0.495139825921.issue6301@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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http://docs.python.org/tutorial/inputoutput.html#reading-and-writing- files "Windows makes a distinction between text and binary files; "the end-of-line characters in text files are automatically altered "slightly when data is read or written. Windows does not make a distinction between text and binary files: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365430(VS.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363858(VS.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365467(VS.85).aspx Nor does it automatically alter end-of-line characters. It is not clear what distinction Python makes between text and binary files. Do those options do anything on any platform? Is jPython different than cPython? And does Python automatically alter end-of-line characters?

http://docs.python.org/tutorial/inputoutput.html#reading-and-writing-
files
"Windows makes a distinction between text and binary files;
"the end-of-line characters in text files are automatically altered
"slightly when data is read or written.

Windows does not make a distinction between text and binary files:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365430(VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363858(VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365467(VS.85).aspx

Nor does it automatically alter end-of-line characters.

It is not clear what distinction Python makes between text and binary 
files. Do those options do anything on any platform? Is jPython 
different than cPython? And does Python automatically alter end-of-line 
characters?

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Date	User	Action	Args
2009-06-18 01:14:22	melbourne	set	recipients: + melbourne, georg.brandl
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