# HG changeset patch
# User cmlenz
# Date 1189009971 0
# Node ID bbb917a96be4f19a9122bb9a0fa4f539efa7086c
# Parent  9886bf6f2d157f7f5f2500af91e009dc433df2f0
Write PO files in binary mode. Closes #61.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
    `ngettext`, or vice versa.
  * Fixed time formatting for 12 am and 12 pm.
  * Fixed output encoding of the `pybabel --list-locales` command.
+ * PO files are now written in binary mode on windows (ticket #61).
 
 
 Version 0.9
diff --git a/babel/messages/frontend.py b/babel/messages/frontend.py
--- a/babel/messages/frontend.py
+++ b/babel/messages/frontend.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 
             log.info('compiling catalog %r to %r', po_file, mo_file)
 
-            outfile = open(mo_file, 'w')
+            outfile = open(mo_file, 'wb')
             try:
                 write_mo(outfile, catalog, use_fuzzy=self.use_fuzzy)
             finally:
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@
 
             self.log.info('compiling catalog %r to %r', po_file, mo_file)
 
-            outfile = open(mo_file, 'w')
+            outfile = open(mo_file, 'wb')
             try:
                 write_mo(outfile, catalog, use_fuzzy=options.use_fuzzy)
             finally: