why python doesn't have a writeline() method like c# ?

[ww]

just curious, it would make writing to a file a bit easier?

 

[Chris Rebert]

just curious, it would make writing to a file  a bit easier?

Because we have print(), which adds the newline, and most other cases
either involve lists of stuff (so '\n'.join() is used), or the string
comes back from a library and already has newlines, so you just write
the string verbatim.

Sidenote: file.writelines() seems very misleadingly named.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[Benjamin Peterson]

just curious, it would make writing to a file a bit easier?

Because readline() returns the line with the newline attached, writeline() would
have to require a newline at the. Therefore, it would be equivalent to write()!

Just use f.write("some line\n").

 

[Benjamin Peterson]

Sidenote: file.writelines() seems very misleadingly named.

Indeed since it is basically a shortcut for f.write("".join(lines)).