From: Anthony Baxter <anthonybaxter@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 06:13:38 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: backport 1.7:
X-Git-Tag: v2.1.2c1~61
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8e2470930f8401b40ce46e056727ef901487db50;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

backport 1.7:
Amazing.  This would open the sound file in text mode.  Fixed.
SF bug  #446219.
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diff --git a/Lib/sndhdr.py b/Lib/sndhdr.py
index 29f0760c9e41..df2ccf17ba4b 100644
--- a/Lib/sndhdr.py
+++ b/Lib/sndhdr.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def what(filename):
 
 def whathdr(filename):
     """Recognize sound headers"""
-    f = open(filename, 'r')
+    f = open(filename, 'rb')
     h = f.read(512)
     for tf in tests:
         res = tf(h, f)