Extra Carriage Returns using write

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d]

On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 10:14:11 -0400, Dave G <dgregory00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Why does the following add an extra CR in front of the CRLF's
>
> auto outf = new File("out.txt", "w");
> outf.write("this\r\nis\r\na\r\ntest");
> outf.close;
>
> If I make the file binary
> auto outf = new File("out.txt", "wb");
>
> it works as expected.
>
> I am using 2.065 and windows 7

The bug is in DMC's C runtime, to which Windows DMD defers for file I/O.

Also note, File is a Ref-counted struct. You do not need to 'new' it:

auto outf = File("out.txt", "wb");

-Steve