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Author ngie
Recipients ngie, steven.daprano
Date 2019-02-26.00:29:37
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Opening and seeking using SEEK_END worked in text mode with python 2.7. I'm not terribly sure why 3.x should depart from this behavior:

>>> fp = open("configure", "rt"); fp.seek(-100, os.SEEK_END)
>>> fp.tell()
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Date User Action Args
2019-02-26 00:29:37ngiesetrecipients: + ngie, steven.daprano
2019-02-26 00:29:37ngiesetmessageid: <1551140977.21.0.833800694271.issue36111@roundup.psfhosted.org>
2019-02-26 00:29:37ngielinkissue36111 messages
2019-02-26 00:29:37ngiecreate