[issue5513] "What's New" should say VERY CLEARLY that the type file is gone

"Martin v. Löwis" <report@bugs.python.org> at psf.upfronthosting.co.za "Martin v. Löwis" <report@bugs.python.org> at psf.upfronthosting.co.za
Thu Mar 19 07:26:32 CET 2009


Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> added the comment:

> The Python 3 "What's New" should SCREAM that the type file is gone

I don't think the documentation should ever SCREAM.

>     "The type file has been replaced by _ioTextIOWrapper; use open() to 
> open a file; open returns an instance of _ioTextIOWrapper."

That would be an incorrect statement: there are multiple types that
replace the 2.x file type. See the documentation of the io module for
details.

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nosy: +loewis
title: "What's New" should say VERY CLEARLY that the type file is gone -> "What's New" should say VERY CLEARLY that the type file	is gone

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