Why ConfigParser can't write to file?

[Just van Rossum]

In article <slrna7hkcg.i6a.quinn at baht.ugcs.caltech.edu>,
 quinn at baht.ugcs.caltech.edu (Quinn Dunkan) wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 17:41:17 +0800, Ricky <store_li at sina.com> wrote:
> >I see now. Thank you! But I am still confuse, why I write£¨£© method can't
> >use filename as a parameter.
> 
> Many files don't have names.
> 
> E.g. sockets, pipes, StringIOs, etc.

However for methods like ConfigParser's write() it is quite common to 
accept a filename __or__ a file object.

Just