[Python-Dev] open() mode is lax

[Greg Ewing]

I've just noticed that (in 2.3.4) open() seems to accept
just about anything after the first character of the
mode argument:

Python 2.3.4 (#1, Jun 30 2004, 16:47:37)
[GCC 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> f = open("DU", "rqwerty")
 >>>

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