On Jun 17, 5:36 pm, "steve" <st...@nospam.au> wrote: > >"Carl Banks" <pavlovevide...@gmail.com> wrote in message > >news:2f6271b1-5ffa-4cec-81f8->>0276ad647__begin_mask_n#9g02mg7!__...__end_mask_i?a63jfad$...@p5g2000pre.googlegroups.com... > >On Jun 15, 7:56 pm, "steve" <st...@nospam.au> wrote: > >> I was just looking at the python tutorial, and I noticed these lines: > > >>http://docs.python.org/tutorial/inputoutput.html#reading-and-writing-... > > >> "Windows makes a distinction between text and binary files; > >> "the end-of-line characters in text files are automatically altered > >> "slightly when data is read or written. > > >> I don't see any obvious way to at docs.python.org to get that corrected: > >> Is > >> there some standard procedure? > > >What's wrong with it? > > >Carl Banks > > 1) Windows does not make a distinction between text and binary files. > > 2) end-of-line characters in text files are not automatically altered by > Windows.
I agree with Robert Kern, it isn't necessary to distinguish between Windows OS and a particular Windows runtime library for the purposes of a tutorial. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list