[Python-Dev] Runtime Error about fileinput.py

[Jeff Epler]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 11:34:11AM -0500, Jeff Epler wrote:
> it's not necessarily related to your problem, but it's a bad idea to
> give your program the name "XXX.py" when XXX is the name of a standard
> Python module.
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I apologize for posting this followup on python-dev.  This question (and
its answers) are more appropriate for python-list / the comp.lang.python
newsgroup.