file position *tell()* works different

[Richie Hindle]

[Peter]
> I wonder if the function *tell()* is not correctly implemented under win32.

[M-a-S]
> Anyway, you program works under Windows XP/Python 2.3 as expected:

M-a-S, are you sure you saved test_data.txt with Unix line endings?  I
tested Peter's script under WinXP/Python2.3 as well, and it failed as
expected (though with slightly different results):

>pythonw -u peter.py
Filepointer:   0
Filepointer:   8
Filepointer:  20
Filepointer:  31
Filepointer:  50

Filepointer:   0
Filepointer:  11
Filepointer:  22
Filepointer:  32
Filepointer:  50

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Richie Hindle
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