-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/28/2011 12:52 PM, Bill Janssen wrote: > M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> wrote: > >> How about a more radical change: have open() in Py3 default to >> opening the file in binary mode, if no encoding is given (even >> if the mode doesn't include 'b') ? > > +1. > >> That'll make it compatible to the Py2 world again and avoid >> all the encoding guessing. > > Yep.
+1 from me, as well: "in the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation sto guess." Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tsea...@palladion.com Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk4KVbwACgkQ+gerLs4ltQ4gPACgoWGjAhmOg9IGQgMht2KsZYn5 mKUAnjcLP6BGCVFSudm1v77ZHere3VHw =4SPu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com