Mass checkin of universal newline support.

Highlights: import and friends will understand any of \r, \n and \r\n
as end of line. Python file input will do the same if you use mode 'U'.
Everything can be disabled by configuring with --without-universal-newlines.

See PEP278 for details.

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c9c9bd2f06..9d3fb08b29 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with(out)-thread=DIRECTORY  deprecated; use --with(out)-threads
   --with-pth                      use GNU pth threading libraries
   --with(out)-cycle-gc            disable/enable garbage collection
+  --with(out)-universal-newlines            disable/enable foreign newlines
   --with(out)-pymalloc            disable/enable specialized mallocs
   --with-wctype-functions         use wctype.h functions
   --with-sgi-dl=DIRECTORY         IRIX 4 dynamic linking
@@ -10933,6 +10934,29 @@ fi
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $with_cycle_gc" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$with_cycle_gc" >&6
 
+# Check for universal newline support
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for --with-universal-newline" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for --with-universal-newline... $ECHO_C" >&6
+
+# Check whether --with-universal-newlines or --without-universal-newlines was given.
+if test "${with_universal_newlines+set}" = set; then
+  withval="$with_universal_newlines"
+
+fi;
+
+if test -z "$with_universal_newlines"
+then with_universal_newlines="yes"
+fi
+if test "$with_universal_newlines" != "no"
+then
+    cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define WITH_UNIVERSAL_NEWLINES 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $with_universal_newlines" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$with_universal_newlines" >&6
+
 # Check for Python-specific malloc support
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for --with-pymalloc" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for --with-pymalloc... $ECHO_C" >&6