[Python-Dev] Patch submitted for cross-platform newline support

[Tim Peters]

[Jack Jansen]
> - Python code can pass a new "t" mode parameter to open() which reads
>   files with any newline convention. "t" cannot be combined with any
>   other mode flags like "w" or "+", for obvious reasons.

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> so "t" can be both a mode (like "r" and "w") and a mode modifier
> (like "t" and "b")?  could be confusing.

Well, the "t" modifier isn't std; does anyone other than Microsoft support
it?  MS also gives meaning to non-std "c" and "n" modifiers.  Luckily,
Python doesn't define which modes or modifiers it accepts <wink>.