[issue8895] newline vs. newlines in io module

[Jean-Michel Fauth]

Jean-Michel Fauth <wxjmfauth at gmail.com> added the comment:

2010/6/4 R. David Murray <report at bugs.python.org>

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> R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com> added the comment:
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> This is as documented:
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>   http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/library/io.html#io.TextIOBase.newlines
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> The keyword argument is named 'newline', the attribute is named 'newlines'.
>  The attribute does not record what was passed to the newline argument,
> rather it records what newlines have been actually encountered.
>

Ok, I see. I read, reread the doc prior posting, and, in my mind, it is not
obvious to understand this subtle difference from the doc.
Sorry for the noise.
Regards.

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R. David Murray &lt;<a href="mailto:rdmurray at bitdance.com">rdmurray at bitdance.com</a>&gt; added the comment:<br>
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This is as documented:<br>
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 Â  <a href="http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/library/io.html#io.TextIOBase.newlines" target="_blank">http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/library/io.html#io.TextIOBase.newlines</a><br>
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The keyword argument is named &#39;newline&#39;, the attribute is named &#39;newlines&#39;. Â The attribute does not record what was passed to the newline argument, rather it records what newlines have been actually encountered.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>Ok, I see. I read, reread the doc prior posting, and, in my mind, it is not obvious to understand this subtle difference from the doc.<br>Sorry for the noise.<br>Regards.<br><br>