Kent Johnson wrote: > Roel Schroeven wrote: > >> Danny Yoo wrote: >> >> >>> Looking at pageimgs(): I'm not sure what 't' means in the open >>> statement: >>> >>> f = open(filename, "rt") >> >> It's not a typo. 't' opens the file in text mode. > > > Are you sure? Is that documented anywhere?
I thought it was, but actually it seems it's not. I know it from fopen in C on Windows; it is documented in MSDN. > Text mode is the default, you have to specify the 'b' if you want > binary mode. Indeed, so it seems. I just always use 't' since I do that in C too, and Python never complained about it. -- If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants. -- Isaac Newton Roel Schroeven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor