[Python-Dev] PEP 278 - finished?

[Gordon McMillan]

On 11 Apr 2002 at 16:18, Gustavo Niemeyer wrote:

> I've read that, but I don't agree with the second
> paragraph. Universal newline support is available
> only for input. This sentence is enough to easily
> predict the behavior in every usage case, including
> "+" modes. 

How can you reliably update a file if there's no 
obvious mapping between file position and
character position?
 
-- Gordon
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