problem opening a file on 2.2a1

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Rajarshi Guha wrote:

> Hi,
>   I compiled Python 2.2a1 on RedHat 7.0. When I enter the python
> interpreter from the command line the code:
>
> data = open('data.out','w')
>
> works fine. But when I try it froma  script I get the error:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./p.py", line 12, in ?
>     data = open('data.out','w')
> TypeError: an integer is required
>
> What am I doing wrong?
> TIA,
> Rajarshi Guha

Are you possibly importing a module that masks the built-in open()?

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