On 24.06.2014 06:36, Gil Cottle wrote: > If not, adding a flag would be useful for text file-writing/reading when > running on Windows, but it could also be a source of issues for people > trying to write binary/text data depending on the defaults. Any thoughts on > this?
For what its worth, I think the python way is the most clean way, with respect to interoperability and platform independence. This is described in a quite convoluted way in the [documentation for the open builtin][0]. They basically implement text mode themselves and don’t let the OS know about it. On the OS side, they open all files in binary mode. In their text mode implementation, they convert all newlines to '\n' while reading and all '\n's to the platform newline while writing. [0]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#open p.s. Don’t let your self get distracted from the “deprecated” in the mode table; this only refers to the mode string, not to the usage of universal newlines using the `newline` keyword argument, described a bit below the mode table. > > Thanks, > Gil Cottle > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > Rust-dev@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev > _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
