*** /home/skip/tmp/gzip.py.~1.31~	Tue Apr  9 11:29:57 2002
--- /home/skip/tmp/gzip.py	Tue Apr  9 11:29:57 2002
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*** 35,40 ****
--- 35,44 ----
  
      def __init__(self, filename=None, mode=None,
                   compresslevel=9, fileobj=None):
+         # guarantee the file is opened in binary mode on platforms
+         # that care about that sort of thing
+         if mode and 'b' not in mode:
+             mode += 'b'
          if fileobj is None:
              fileobj = self.myfileobj = __builtin__.open(filename, mode or 'rb')
          if filename is None: