[issue7268] 2to3 execfile conversion changes behavior

[Benjamin Peterson]

Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> added the comment:

2009/11/5 flashk <report at bugs.python.org>:
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> flashk <flashk at gmail.com> added the comment:
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> Ok, I converted test.py to use Unix style newlines and still get the
> syntax error on both 2.6 and 3.1. I'm confused as to why execfile works on
> the file but reading the contents and passing it to exec behaves
> differently under 2.6. Sorry if I'm just being dense.

open in 2.x does not translate newlines by default. It does so in 3.x.

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