Detecting line endings

[Fuzzyman]

Sybren Stuvel wrote:
> Fuzzyman enlightened us with:
> > My worry is that if '\n' *doesn't* signify a line break on the Mac,
> > then it may exist in the body of the text - and trigger ``ending =
> > '\n'`` prematurely ?
>
> I'd count the number of occurences of '\r\n', '\n' without a preceding
> '\r' and '\r' without following '\n', and let the majority decide.
>

Sounds reasonable, edge cases for small files be damned. :-)

Fuzzyman
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> Sybren
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