Used to 'file = open(...)', now what?

[Erik Max Francis]

Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz wrote:

> I'm very used to the following construct:
> 
>   file = open("whatever", flags)
>   buf = file.readlines()
>   file.close()
> 
> But with Python 2.2 file() is a builtin constructor, making open
> deprecated, possibly dropped in a future version. Now what would
> be the "usual" way to name file variables without hiding the
> constructor?

I have the same issue.  I just tend to give the file object name a more
descriptive name:

	inputFile = file(...)
	try:
	    ...
	finally:
	    inputFile.close()

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