From: Eli Z. <el...@el...> - 2003-10-22 18:14:40
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> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@CS.UCLA.EDU> > Date: 22 Oct 2003 09:19:57 -0700 > > My own feeling is that the mainline code shouldn't have to worry about > CRLF issues; it should just use '\n'. Text-mode I/O, which is the default in the DJGPP port, achieves precisely that. > In general, people should import files > correctly rather than modify all their tools to deal with bad files. I agree with the goal, but my experience has taught me that in practice it is very hard to achieve that. So if we have an easy way to deal with that nuisance without adding too much cruft to the mainline code, our users will thank us. |