force gzip module to open files using 'b'inary mode.
closes patch #536278.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
index a5660a9..d42dee6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'wb') ; f.write(data1 * 50) ; f.close()
-f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'rb') ; d = f.read() ; f.close()
+f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'r') ; d = f.read() ; f.close()
verify(d == data1*50)
# Append to the previous file
@@ -75,4 +75,8 @@
f.write('GZ\n')
f.close()
+f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'r')
+verify(f.myfileobj.mode == 'rb')
+f.close()
+
os.unlink(filename)