[Python-checkins] bpo-16965: 2to3 now rewrites execfile() to open with 'rb'. (GH-8569)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/22381394ad1541db0b652eed802601f62510d22f
commit: 22381394ad1541db0b652eed802601f62510d22f
branch: 3.7
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2018-10-13T02:48:18-07:00
summary:

bpo-16965: 2to3 now rewrites execfile() to open with 'rb'. (GH-8569)

(cherry picked from commit d4d60134b29290049e28df54f23493de4f1824b6)

Co-authored-by: Zackery Spytz <zspytz at gmail.com>

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-12-20-30-42.bpo-16965.xo5LAr.rst
M Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_execfile.py
M Lib/lib2to3/tests/test_fixers.py

diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_execfile.py b/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_execfile.py
index 09cb6f6661ca..b6c786fd4e8b 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_execfile.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/fixes/fix_execfile.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ def transform(self, node, results):
         # call.
         execfile_paren = node.children[-1].children[-1].clone()
         # Construct open().read().
-        open_args = ArgList([filename.clone()], rparen=execfile_paren)
+        open_args = ArgList([filename.clone(), Comma(), String('"rb"', ' ')],
+                            rparen=execfile_paren)
         open_call = Node(syms.power, [Name("open"), open_args])
         read = [Node(syms.trailer, [Dot(), Name('read')]),
                 Node(syms.trailer, [LParen(), RParen()])]
diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/tests/test_fixers.py b/Lib/lib2to3/tests/test_fixers.py
index 8cecf3cce61b..3da5dd845c93 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/tests/test_fixers.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/tests/test_fixers.py
@@ -1201,36 +1201,36 @@ class Test_execfile(FixerTestCase):
 
     def test_conversion(self):
         b = """execfile("fn")"""
-        a = """exec(compile(open("fn").read(), "fn", 'exec'))"""
+        a = """exec(compile(open("fn", "rb").read(), "fn", 'exec'))"""
         self.check(b, a)
 
         b = """execfile("fn", glob)"""
-        a = """exec(compile(open("fn").read(), "fn", 'exec'), glob)"""
+        a = """exec(compile(open("fn", "rb").read(), "fn", 'exec'), glob)"""
         self.check(b, a)
 
         b = """execfile("fn", glob, loc)"""
-        a = """exec(compile(open("fn").read(), "fn", 'exec'), glob, loc)"""
+        a = """exec(compile(open("fn", "rb").read(), "fn", 'exec'), glob, loc)"""
         self.check(b, a)
 
         b = """execfile("fn", globals=glob)"""
-        a = """exec(compile(open("fn").read(), "fn", 'exec'), globals=glob)"""
+        a = """exec(compile(open("fn", "rb").read(), "fn", 'exec'), globals=glob)"""
         self.check(b, a)
 
         b = """execfile("fn", locals=loc)"""
-        a = """exec(compile(open("fn").read(), "fn", 'exec'), locals=loc)"""
+        a = """exec(compile(open("fn", "rb").read(), "fn", 'exec'), locals=loc)"""
         self.check(b, a)
 
         b = """execfile("fn", globals=glob, locals=loc)"""
-        a = """exec(compile(open("fn").read(), "fn", 'exec'), globals=glob, locals=loc)"""
+        a = """exec(compile(open("fn", "rb").read(), "fn", 'exec'), globals=glob, locals=loc)"""
         self.check(b, a)
 
     def test_spacing(self):
         b = """execfile( "fn" )"""
-        a = """exec(compile(open( "fn" ).read(), "fn", 'exec'))"""
+        a = """exec(compile(open( "fn", "rb" ).read(), "fn", 'exec'))"""
         self.check(b, a)
 
         b = """execfile("fn",  globals = glob)"""
-        a = """exec(compile(open("fn").read(), "fn", 'exec'),  globals = glob)"""
+        a = """exec(compile(open("fn", "rb").read(), "fn", 'exec'),  globals = glob)"""
         self.check(b, a)
 
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-12-20-30-42.bpo-16965.xo5LAr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-12-20-30-42.bpo-16965.xo5LAr.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e9d2f9482d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-12-20-30-42.bpo-16965.xo5LAr.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The :term:`2to3` :2to3fixer:`execfile` fixer now opens the file with mode
+``'rb'``.  Patch by Zackery Spytz.