bpo-37330: open() no longer accept 'U' in file mode (GH-16959)

open(), io.open(), codecs.open() and fileinput.FileInput no longer
accept "U" ("universal newline") in the file mode. This flag was
deprecated since Python 3.3.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
index b4cc894..5932363 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ Character Meaning
 'b'       binary mode
 't'       text mode (default)
 '+'       open a disk file for updating (reading and writing)
-'U'       universal newline mode (deprecated)
 ========= ===============================================================
 
 The default mode is 'rt' (open for reading text). For binary random
@@ -154,10 +153,6 @@ bytes objects without any decoding. In text mode (the default, or when
 returned as strings, the bytes having been first decoded using a
 platform-dependent encoding or using the specified encoding if given.
 
-'U' mode is deprecated and will raise an exception in future versions
-of Python.  It has no effect in Python 3.  Use newline to control
-universal newlines mode.
-
 buffering is an optional integer used to set the buffering policy.
 Pass 0 to switch buffering off (only allowed in binary mode), 1 to select
 line buffering (only usable in text mode), and an integer > 1 to indicate
@@ -233,12 +228,12 @@ static PyObject *
 _io_open_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *file, const char *mode,
               int buffering, const char *encoding, const char *errors,
               const char *newline, int closefd, PyObject *opener)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=aefafc4ce2b46dc0 input=7295902222e6b311]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=aefafc4ce2b46dc0 input=1543f4511d2356a5]*/
 {
     unsigned i;
 
     int creating = 0, reading = 0, writing = 0, appending = 0, updating = 0;
-    int text = 0, binary = 0, universal = 0;
+    int text = 0, binary = 0;
 
     char rawmode[6], *m;
     int line_buffering, is_number;
@@ -296,10 +291,6 @@ _io_open_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *file, const char *mode,
         case 'b':
             binary = 1;
             break;
-        case 'U':
-            universal = 1;
-            reading = 1;
-            break;
         default:
             goto invalid_mode;
         }
@@ -322,18 +313,6 @@ _io_open_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *file, const char *mode,
     *m = '\0';
 
     /* Parameters validation */
-    if (universal) {
-        if (creating || writing || appending || updating) {
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-                            "mode U cannot be combined with 'x', 'w', 'a', or '+'");
-            goto error;
-        }
-        if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
-                         "'U' mode is deprecated", 1) < 0)
-            goto error;
-        reading = 1;
-    }
-
     if (text && binary) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
                         "can't have text and binary mode at once");