Can we get rid of non-raw write?

torhu no at spam.invalid
Thu Mar 21 22:27:37 PDT 2013


On 22.03.2013 00:36, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:37:06 +0100
> torhu <no at spam.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> You're mixing binary and text mode functions.  read() is binary,
>> stdout.write() is text mode.  And yes, you are asking for newlines to
>> be messed with, as File.write is documented to write in text mode.
>>
>> But I agree that the docs need improvement.  And maybe the API.
>
> You're missing the point. The point is that the "text mode" is
> bug-prone, grossly obsolete, and completely useless and therefore should
> absolutely not be the default, *if* it has any reason to even exist at
> all.

Text mode isn't going away, I don't know where you'd get that idea from. 
  I'm sure Microsoft wants Linux to go away, too.  If you want a to 
finance a FUD campaign to hurt the reputation of text mode, be my guest. 
   Or keep on ranting, who's gonna stop you.


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