Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: No, actual default is '\n'.
>>> io.StringIO('abc\r\ndef\nghi\rklm').readlines() ['abc\r\n', 'def\n', 'ghi\rklm'] >>> io.StringIO('abc\r\ndef\nghi\rklm', newline=None).readlines() ['abc\n', 'def\n', 'ghi\n', 'klm'] >>> io.StringIO('abc\r\ndef\nghi\rklm', newline='').readlines() ['abc\r\n', 'def\n', 'ghi\r', 'klm'] >>> io.StringIO('abc\r\ndef\nghi\rklm', newline='\n').readlines() ['abc\r\n', 'def\n', 'ghi\rklm'] >>> io.StringIO('abc\r\ndef\nghi\rklm', newline='\r').readlines() ['abc\r', '\r', 'def\r', 'ghi\r', 'klm'] >>> io.StringIO('abc\r\ndef\nghi\rklm', newline='\r\n').readlines() ['abc\r\r\n', 'def\r\n', 'ghi\rklm'] ---------- keywords: +easy nosy: +serhiy.storchaka stage: -> needs patch versions: +Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue20423> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com