pathlib.Path.read_text should include a newline argument

[treyhunner]

Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

Support for a newline argument was added to the write_text method in Python 3.10 (issue #67894).

I've been using this method but I've found a need for a newline method for read_text as well.

Here's the scenario where this would be handy (namely reading and writing the original newlines):

from pathlib import Path

path = Path("my_file.txt")

contents = path.read_text(newline="")

contents = perform_some_operation_on(contents)

path.write_text(contents, newline="")

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

I have not found any prior discussions or mentions of newline argument being supported for read_text outside of the initial pathlib API discussion (#64417 (comment)).

Linked PRs

• gh-110745: pathlib.Path.read_text add a newline argument #110880

[Okabe-Junya]

Thanks for all the great software!

I would like to work on this issue. This is my first contribution to cpython, but I will do my best!

[barneygale]

Resolved in #110880. Thank you very much @Okabe-Junya!