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authorStanley <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com>2022-10-21 23:01:05 (GMT)
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gh-51511: Note that codecs.open()'s encoding parameter affects automatic conversion to binary mode (#94370)
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@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ wider range of codecs when working with binary files:
.. note::
- Underlying encoded files are always opened in binary mode.
+ If *encoding* is not ``None``, then the
+ underlying encoded files are always opened in binary mode.
No automatic conversion of ``'\n'`` is done on reading and writing.
The *mode* argument may be any binary mode acceptable to the built-in
:func:`open` function; the ``'b'`` is automatically added.