From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:06:50 +0100, Bonita Montero wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   >>   
   >> This is such a useful idea I’m surprised no one has suggested that C   
   >> should offer the option.   
      
   Way to distract from my point!   
      
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