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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-06-30 15:54:27 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-06-30 15:54:27 (GMT)
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Documented os.linesep (line separator).
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@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ components (as in \code{\$PATH}), e.g.\ \code{':'} for \POSIX{} or
\code{';'} for MS-DOS.
\end{datadesc}
+\begin{datadesc}{linesep}
+The string used to separate (or, rather, terminate) lines on the
+current platform. This may be a single character, e.g. \code{'\e n'}
+for \POSIX{} or \code{'\e r'} for MacOS, or multiple characters,
+e.g. \code{'\e r\e n'} for MS-DOS.
+\end{datadesc}
+
\begin{datadesc}{defpath}
The default search path used by \code{exec*p*()} if the environment
doesn't have a \code{'PATH'} key.