Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> added the comment: In 2.x, the mode will do whatever the C library does; this is as it ought to be. Standard C lets it explicitly implementation-defined whether the file position pointer is initially at the beginning or at the end of a file when the file is opened for append. Any write operating will automatically move the file pointer to the end of the file; switching between reading and writing must be synchronized with either a flush operation or a file positioning operation.
So I'm closing this as "won't fix". ---------- nosy: +loewis resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue5541> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
