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

[Just van Rossum]

Jon Ribbens wrote:

> > Sounds like a rather parochial attitude, if you ask me.
> 
> Huh? It's nothing to do with parochialism, it's to do with wanting
> what you read from a file to be what's in the file.

That's what binary mode is for.

> > Maybe you can try again without calling names.
> 
> Huh? You're confusing me. I didn't call anyone any names.

  "weird shit"
  "Dark Path to Perlishness"
  "stupid things"
  "operating system's fault"

While that may not technically be name calling, it definitely doesn't qualify as
"nice".

Over and out,

Just