[Python-checkins] cpython: whatsnew: 'U' mode deprecation (#15204).

[Nick Coghlan]

On 10 Mar 2014 23:26, "Antoine Pitrou" <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:09:53 +1000
> Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10 Mar 2014 11:36, "r.david.murray" <python-checkins at python.org>
wrote:
> > >
> > > +* The ``U`` mode accepted by various ``open`` functions is
deprecated.
> > > +  In Python3 it does not do anything useful, and should be replaced
by
> > > +  appropriate uses of :class:`io.TextIOWrapper` (if needed) and its
> > *newline*
> > > +  argument.
> > > +
> >
> > Huh, I missed that change. Don't we still need U when writing 2/3
> > compatible code at this point?
>
> Define "need" :-) I rarely if ever see "U" used in 2.x code, so I don't
> think the need is very pressing in general.

True, normal text mode is much more common. I'm OK with waiting to see if
anyone actually complains about the deprecation :)

Cheers,
Nick.

>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
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