Peter Otten writes:
> Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
>> Peter Otten writes:
>>
>>> If a "line" is defined as a string that ends with a newline
>>>
>>> def ends_in_asterisk(line):
>>> return False
>>>
>>> would also satisfy the requirement. Lies, damned lies, and specs ;)
>>
>> Even if a "line" is defined as a string that comes from reading
>> something like a file with default options, a line may end in
>> an asterisk.
>
> Note that the last line from the file is not a line as defined by me
> in the above post ;)
Noted.
>>>>> [ line.endswith('*') for line in StringIO('rivi*\nrivi*\nrivi*') ]
>> [False, False, True]
>
> I wish there were a way to prohibit such files. Maybe a special value
>
> with open(..., newline="normalize") f:
> assert all(line.endswith("\n") for line in f)
>
> to ensure that all lines end with "\n"?
I'd like that. It should be the default.
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