[Python-Dev] Import hook to do end-of-line conversion?

[Guido van Rossum]

> I'd vote for building it right into the interpreter! Is
> there any reason why anyone would want *not* to have it?

No, but (as has been explained) fixing the parser isn't enough -- all
tools dealing with source would have to be fixed.  Or we would have to
write our own C-level file object, which has its own drawbacks.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)