On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:09:53 +1000, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10 Mar 2014 11:36, "r.david.murray" <python-check...@python.org> wrote: > > > > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2d5544afb510 > > changeset: 89547:2d5544afb510 > > user: R David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com> > > date: Sun Mar 09 20:33:35 2014 -0400 > > summary: > > whatsnew: 'U' mode deprecation (#15204). > > > > files: > > Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst | 14 +++++++++++++- > > 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst > > --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst > > +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst > > @@ -1948,6 +1948,11 @@ > > * The :mod:`sysconfig` key ``SO`` is deprecated, it has been replaced by > > ``EXT_SUFFIX``. > > > > +* The ``U`` mode accepted by various ``open`` functions is deprecated. > > + In Python3 it does not do anything useful, and should be replaced by > > + appropriate uses of :class:`io.TextIOWrapper` (if needed) and its > *newline* > > + argument. > > + > > Huh, I missed that change. Don't we still need U when writing 2/3 > compatible code at this point? If so, perhaps we may want to reconsider > this particular deprecation in 3.4.1.
It's a deprecation, not a removal. I believe the idea is to not remove it before 4.0. --David _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
