? about file() and open()

[Mark McEahern]

Sean wrote:

>Was wondering if there was any difference between these two functions.
>  
>
None, as shown here:

  D:\Python23>python
  Python 2.3.4 (#53, May 25 2004, 21:17:02) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] 
on win32
  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
  >>> file == open
  True
  >>>

>I have read some text that said file() wasn't introduced until 2.2 and
>that it was synonymous with open().  Does this mean that I should be
>using file() where I used open() before?
>  
>
Google is your friend:

http://www.google.com/search?q=file+vs.+open+python

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-July/045931.html

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