[Python-ideas] Iterating non-newline-separated files should be easier

[Juancarlo Añez]

On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 3:48 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Python isn't Unix, and Python has never supported \0 as a "line
> ending". Changing the meaning of existing constructs is fraught with
> complexity, and should only be done when there is absolutely no
> alternative. In this case, there's an alternative: a new method,
> specifically for reading arbitrary records.
>

"practicality beats purity."

http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/


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Juancarlo *Añez*
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