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Author loewis
Recipients amaury.forgeotdarc, facundobatista, loewis, zde
Date 2008-02-07.21:27:08
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Message-id <1202419629.28.0.284539778882.issue2028@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I'll close this issue as rejected. As discussed, changing it in 2.x
would be incompatible. To change the default for open in 3.x to return
bytes instead of character string (i.e. open files in binary) would
require convincing Guido van Rossum, which is unlikely to happen.
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Date User Action Args
2008-02-07 21:27:09loewissetspambayes_score: 0.096355 -> 0.096354954
recipients: + loewis, facundobatista, amaury.forgeotdarc, zde
2008-02-07 21:27:09loewissetspambayes_score: 0.096355 -> 0.096355
messageid: <1202419629.28.0.284539778882.issue2028@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2008-02-07 21:27:08loewislinkissue2028 messages
2008-02-07 21:27:08loewiscreate