On Wed, 9 Mar 2016 01:03 pm, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On 2016年3月09日 10:28:40 +1100, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> > declaimed the following: >>>>>>Python will never expand \n to \r\n. But it may translate \r\n to \n. >>> Not on input, but it will on output (on Windows) That surprises me. Perhaps I read the documentation wrongly? Ah yes, apparently I did -- Python optionally will modify line endings in both directions, controlled by the user. In Python 3: https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/functions.html#open Thanks for the correction. -- Steven