[ python-Bugs-1467309 ] open should default to binary mode on windows

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Bugs item #1467309, was opened at 2006-04-09 13:42
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Category: Windows
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Adam Hupp (hupp)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: open should default to binary mode on windows

Initial Comment:
On windows the open() function defaults to reading
files in text mode.  To get a binary mode file I need
to append a "b" to the mode string.  I think this is an
unnessary platform inconsistency.  Twice now I've had
hard to track down bugs because I was reading a file in
text mode and should have been using binary.  This is a
wart, IMO.  

I'd like to suggest that the default open mode on
windows be made binary, with an option to change it to
text if desired.  



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