"Steven D'Aprano" <ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au> wrote in message news:pan.2009.06.18.01.42...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au... > On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:36:01 +1000, steve wrote: > >> 1) Windows does not make a distinction between text and binary files. > > Of course it does. > > > Python 2.6.2 (r262:71605, Apr 14 2009, 22:40:02) [MSC v.1500 32 bit > (Intel)] on win32 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> >>>> f = open("test", "wb") >>>> f.write("abc\x1Adef") >>>> f.close() >>>> f = open("test", "r") # read as text >>>> f.read() > 'abc' >>>> f.close() >>>> f = open("test", "rb") # read as binary >>>> f.read() > 'abc\x1adef' >>>> f.close() >>>> > > > -- > Steven
Ok, Python makes a distinction between text and binary files. Steve. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
