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

[Guido van Rossum]

> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > Opinions?
> 
> Please don't change the behavior of open() on Unix.  I like effbot's
> idea much better.

You mean textfile() as the official constructor for text files?

I think that in the long run, it's wrong that open() defaults to
binary mode on Unix, while it defaults to text mode on other
platforms.  I think nudging people into the direction of being
explicit about binary mode, and defaulting to universal text mode on
all platforms makes more sense.

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