[Python-Dev] Next version of PEP278 - universal newline support - available

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:27:56 +1300 (NZDT)


jack wrote:
> - open(filename, 'U') is now the way to open files for universal 
> newline reading because 't' may have a use on Windows;

Might be confusing, as it looks like it might have
something to do with Unicode.

How about 'N'?

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