[issue5758] fileinput.hook_compressed returning bytes from gz file

[Jason R. Coombs]

Jason R. Coombs <jaraco at jaraco.com> added the comment:

I did consider and confirm that mode="rb" does also provide a uniform solution, but it also regresses the behavior of uncompressed inputs, making them bytes where they were text. This approach feels like the "Python 1" compatibility approach.

At least in my case, the preference was to migrate to the future behavior, where all content is decoded to Unicode text, without having to wait for Python 3.9 to sunset.

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