how to count lines in a file ?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Christopher A. Craig wrote:

> So if Guido decides today that reference counts were a dumb idea and
> he would be better off with a simple mark-and-sweep GC, he can
> implement one and not lose too much sleep over the weeping and
> gnashing of teeth from those that depended on the behavior of the
> current compiler. <.8 wink>

luckily, that's not how things are done in the Python
universe...

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