Error opening file ! Help, please

[Alex Martelli]

gimar wrote:

> Sometimes when I try to create an output file executing:
> 
> f=open('\paul','w')
> 
> I receive the following error message:
> "TypeError: object of type 'list' is not callable".
> This has no sense for me. Can you explain me what's happening ?

Looks like you're rebinding name 'open' to some list object.  If
you're sure you have no "open = ..." around, likeliest mistake on
your part is probably a "from X import *" for some value of X.


Alex