It seems extremely unlikely that Python would not like \r\n in source code. Have you tried reducing the problem to a simple case? The Python Language Reference says that any of the platform line separators can be used for newlines.<div>
<br></div><div>-fawad<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Jonathan Hayward <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jonathan.hayward@pobox.com">jonathan.hayward@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Today I was visiting with a friend and installing OSS on his computer. On an x86_64 Windows 7 box, he had already installed Apache, and I installed Python with a <a href="http://python.org" target="_blank">python.org</a> installer. I opened up Notepad and created a "Hello world" Python CGI script, put it in the cgi-bin directory, saw it crash, and looked in the logs.<div>
<br></div><div>The log message complained that I had tried to "import cgi\r": in other words, Python on Windows was choking because the file I made in Notepad used "\r\n" for line breaks. (The equivalent script made with vim, and presumably "\n" for line breaks worked predictably.)<br clear="all">
<br></div><div>Isn't it a defect/design flaw for Python on Windows to choke on "\r\n"-separated files? Should I file a bug, or is this a side effect of decisions that are now non-negotiable? (I wasn't thrilled, after trying to sell my friend on the idea that Python is a good language with a low barrier to entry, to find that it choked on a Notepad-edited "Hello world!" CGI script.)</div>
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