On 3/07/2006 4:45 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 2/07/2006 3:48 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >>> John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> -u unbuffers sys.stdout >>>> and sys.stderr (and makes them binary, which wouldn't be a good idea on >>>> a Windows box). >>> Why not? >> If binary, '\n' would appear as LF alone rather than CR LF. > > Why should that matter?
Because the contents of the output would be different. Haven't you ever wondered why (or read the manuals that explain why) Python, C , etc file I/O libraries have a text mode and a binary mode? > I thought Windows (the NT line) was > POSIX-compliant. What on earth gave you that idea? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
