[Python-Dev] file() or open()?

[Robert Brewer]

I think Skip wrote:
> Yes, but has others have pointed out, the current documentation
> seems to suggest that file() is preferred to open().

While you're at it, the docstring for open could use the same treatment.
In 2.3.2, it starts with: "file(name[, mode[, buffering]])" and ends
with "open() is an alias for file()." The first implies that file() is
preferred, in my mind.


Robert Brewer
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