[Python-Dev] [python] Re: New lines, carriage returns, and Windows

[Greg Ewing]

Michael Foord wrote:
> We stick to using the .NET file I/O and so don't 
> have a problem. The only time it is an issue for us is our tests, where 
> we have string literals in our test code (where new lines are obviously 
> '\n')

If you're going to do that, you really need to be consistent
about and have IronPython use \r\n internally for line endings
*everywhere*, including string literals.

> It is just slightly ironic that the time Python 'gets it wrong' (for 
> some value of wrong) is when you are using text mode for I/O :-)

I would say IronPython is getting it wrong by using inconsistent
internal representations of line endings.

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