Re: strange question about the io.write

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

On 19/11/2009 05:52, Roger Ivie wrote:
> Yes. When you open in text mode, "\n" is written as CRLF instead of LF.
> That's what text mode means.
>
> In text mode, when you write "\r\n", it is written as CRCRLF. The first
> CR is for the "\r" and the CRLF is for the "\n".

Aha, good answer! Obvious in retrospect... It explains why sometime I get files with 
double line spacing with this curious CRCRLF scheme. And why one should use the 
system-agnostic \n line ending: even if that's what is written raw in the file, only the 
brain-dead Notepad won't understand it... :-)

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