On Feb 21, 2014, at 22:29 , djczaski@gmail.com wrote:I was curious how Python would handle this evil and non portable mess:$ cat io.pyfrom string import printablef = open('foo', 'w')for i in range(0, 5):f.write("hello0円world\n")f = open('foo', 'r')for l in f.readlines():print ''.join(c if c in printable else '.' for c in l),$ python io.pyhello.worldhello.worldhello.worldhello.worldhello.worldInstead of doing it right, look for others who do it worse?