Add keepends option to readline() and readlines()

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#84,044 opened on Mar 5, 2020 6 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 48/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Quiet
Tech stack: python
Domain: backend

Research direction

The requested entry points are readline() and readlines(); start by locating their existing implementations and behavior in Python's I/O subsystem. Define completion by supporting the keepends option consistently for both methods and adding coverage for its line-ending behavior.

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extension-modules stdlib topic-IO type-feature

BPO	39863
Nosy	@methane, @serhiy-storchaka

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assignee = None
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created_at = <Date 2020-03-05.12:37:08.420>
labels = ['3.9', 'expert-IO']
title = 'Add trimend option to readline() and readlines()'
updated_at = <Date 2020-03-06.05:35:01.867>
user = 'https://github.com/methane'

bugs.python.org fields:

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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue39863'
versions = ['Python 3.9']

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