[Python-Dev] End of the line

[Jack Jansen]

> The Icon implementation is very simple:  they *still* open the file in stdio
> text mode.  "What's natural for the platform" on writing then comes for
> free.  On reading, libc usually takes care of what's needed, and what
> remains is to check for stray '\r' characters that stdio glossed over.

This'll work for Unix and PC conventions, but not for the Mac. Mac end of line 
is \r, so reading a line from a mac file on unix will give you the whole file.
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