On 9/4/06, David Hopwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... > I would prefer that there is no default. But since that is incompatible > with the existing API for open(), I accept that I'm not likely to win > that argument.
First, can you outline how the proposal of no default is incompatible with the existing API for open? print open("Documents/foo.py").encoding Second: the whole IO library is being overhauled. How can backwards compatibility be an issue? Paul Prescod _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com