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Re: Should PERLIO=no_crlf be the default on Cygwin?

Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> I would prefer to have it like it is on Unix, read and write back what
> you get, never do any conversion, why should I do a LF -> CRLF
> conversion for someone who lives on a text mount?
> Why should I do the conversion backwards?

*You* shouldn't. But you should allow Cygwin to do so. That is, after all,
what text mounts are for.

> If someone on a binmode mount want to have his
> CRLF's, why should a tool change this (besides the d2u or u2d tools)
> if not explicitly forced to do so (export PERLIO=crlf).

I agree, on a binmode mount, behaviour should be totally unix-like.


Max.





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