[Python-ideas] os.path.isbinary

[David Mertz]

On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:47 PM, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>> Something like:
>>
>>    if fh.read(512).isprintable():
>>        do_the_ascii_stuff(fh)
>>    else:
>>        do_the_bin_stuff(fh)
>>
> Except that:
>
>>>> "\n".isprintable()
> False

Doesn't that seem like a bug:

-----
Help on method_descriptor:

isprintable(...)
    S.isprintable() -> bool

    Return True if all characters in S are considered
    printable in repr() or S is empty, False otherwise.
-----

In what sense is "\n" "not printable in repr()"?!

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