From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 13:51:49 +0100, Bonita Montero wrote:   
      
   > From the glibc Reference Manual:   
   >   
   > “The distinction between text and binary streams is only meaningful   
   > on systems where text files have a different internal   
   > representation. On Unix systems, there is no difference between the   
   > two; the ‘b’ is accepted but ignored.”   
      
   However, you need to distinguish the two if you want, like Python   
   does, to be able to have a “universal newline” mode, where you can   
   correctly handle line breaks in files written on any of the three main   
   platform families: *nix/Unix, Windows, and macOS.   
      
   This is such a useful idea I’m surprised no one has suggested that C   
   should offer the option.   
      
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