Re: [Git][gpsd/gpsd][master] gegps: Simplify open() fix.

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Fred!

I jumped t the exact same wrong conclusion as you did when I first saw this.

We'll all be happy when Python 2 is finally, dead, buried, and its zombie
killed.

On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 23:59:10 -0800 (PST)
Fred Wright <fw@fwright.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Dec 2023, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> 
> >>> Thatg's not gonna work.  Python 2.7 does not allow
> >>> open(,encoding=_'  
> >>  
> >>> +                with open(os.path.join(options.kmldir,
> >>> +                          'Realtime_GPS.kml'), 'w',
> >>> encoding="utf8")  
> >>
> >>
> >> From the Python 2.7 man page:
> >>
> >> https://python.readthedocs.io/en/v2.7.2/library/functions.html#open
> >>
> >> open() does not support encoding=  
> >
> > Here is the error:
> >
> > # python2.7 buildtmp/clients/gegps -i  spidey
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >  File "buildtmp/clients/gegps", line 186, in <module>
> >    encoding="utf8") as f:
> > TypeError: 'encoding' is an invalid keyword argument for this
> > function  
> 
> Ah, it passed the syntax check but failed when called.  That's what I
> get for using a cheap test.  Sorry about that.  Revert pushed.
> 
> Fred Wright
> 




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