[Python-Dev] Re: raw headers in rfc822.Message

[Guido van Rossum]

> > I guess we're assuming that even people who aren't familiar with
> > SourceForge are familiar with diff.  Is that not a reasonable
> > assumption any more?
> 
> Not cross-platform. I've had patches for MacPython in rather
> outlandish diff-like formats, so a note that tells people to use the
> unix diff program wouldn't hurt.

But what good does a reference to "the unix diff program" do a Mac
developer?

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