Martin Panter added the comment:
I agree this is not a bug. It is just one of the unfortunate compatibility
breaks between Py 2 and 3. Mode="rt" is not one of the values that are
supported according to the documentation; adding support would be a new feature.
I understand the file mode handling is stricter on Windows because the
underlying OS or C library would crash.
To have code that works with Py 2 and 3, I would switch the mode depending on
the version of Python:
if sys.version_info >= (3,):
handle = gzip.open(filename, "rt")
else:
handle = gzip.open(filename)
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nosy: +martin.panter
resolution: -> not a bug
stage: -> resolved
status: open -> closed
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