[ python-Bugs-800828 ] Doc bug in PEP-0278

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Bugs item #800828, was opened at 2003-09-04 22:18
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: logistix (logistix)
Assigned to: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Summary: Doc bug in PEP-0278

Initial Comment:
PEP 278 suggests that the proper way to test for 
universal newline support is 'hasattr
(sys.stdout, "newline")'  However, this doesn't work too 
well when sys.stdout is overridden.  One big example of 
this is PythonWin's sys.stdout, which doesn't have an 
newlines attribute even when it is supported by 
python23.dll.

Testing 'hasattr(file, "newlines")' seems to be a more 
reliable way to test.

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>Comment By: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Date: 2004-05-06 08:28

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Fixed.  I changed the test to use "hasattr(open,
'newlines')" to be compatible with older versions of Python
as well as avoiding the replacement problem you noted.

nondist/peps/pep-0278.txt revision 1.9


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