From: Bonita.Montero@gmail.com   
      
   Am 27.12.2025 um 06:51 schrieb Lawrence D’Oliveiro:   
   > 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.   
   No, MacOS, not macOS; the latter is "MacOS" since macOS X.   
   > This is such a useful idea I’m surprised no one has suggested that C   
   > should offer the option.   
      
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