fromfile error on windows, not mac

[Manu Hack]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 3:37 PM, jadamwil <jadamwilson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I found the problem: I thought it was opening in binary mode on BOTH
> windows and the mac, but on windows I passed "rb" with double quotes,
> not 'rb' with single quotes to the open file function. Changing it to
> 'rb' fixed it.
>
>

by the way, anyone could explain why changing to single quote makes a
difference?

>>> "rb" == 'rb'
True
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