file read, binary or text mode

[Roel Schroeven]

Guyon Morée wrote:
> what is the difference?

On Unix/Linux, none.

On Windows, binary mode is just that while text mode translates "\r\n" 
(or "\n\r", I always forget) to "\n" on input and vice-versa on output.

I don't know about other platforms.

> if I open a text file in binary (rb) mode, it doesn't matter... the read()
> output is the same.

Depends on your platform, and the format of the text file (Unix, Windows 
or other platform style line endings).

-- 
"Codito ergo sum"
Roel Schroeven