How to call built in function 'open' from inside object that has 'open' method?

[Jp Calderone]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 10:43:52AM -0400, Aahz wrote:
> In article <mailman.1051711257.436.python-list at python.org>,
> Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
> >"vadim" <vf at interna.ru> wrote:
> >>
> >> I am new to Python and do not know the answer to very simple how to
> >> 'open' from inside another object that has 'open' method. I know that
> >> in C++ I should use following syntax ::open.
> >>
> >> More details on reasons. I have met this problem trying to write a
> >> simple script use ActiveScripting inside IE.  I am trying "file =
> >> open(...) but because context window object has 'open' method that
> >> just opens window it is called first.
> >
> >Unless you're typing "file = self.open(...)", the class you're in has
> >nothing to do with it.
> 
> Not quite true; what happens with
> 
>     class C:
>         def open(self, name):
>             f = open(name)
> 
> (Which is how I interpreted vadim, possibly incorrectly.)

  The builtin open is called.

  There would be a problem with this class, though:

    class C:
        def open(self, name):
            ...

        f = open('foo')

  Jp

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