[issue8562] hasattr(open, 'newlines') example gives incorrect results from PEP0278

AdamN report at bugs.python.org
Wed Apr 28 21:45:41 CEST 2010


New submission from AdamN <adam at varud.com>:

This bug from the Ubuntu list is being moved here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-defaults/+bug/570737

Newlines support is enabled on Ubuntu but the example from:

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0278/

Does not give the correct results (of True):

    if hasattr(open, 'newlines'):
            print 'We have universal newline support'

I don't know if this is a documentation problem or whether there is another attr that matters here.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation, Windows
messages: 104454
nosy: adamnelson, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: hasattr(open,'newlines') example gives incorrect results from  PEP0278
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6

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