How would you open this file?

[Dave Hansen]

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:01:32 -0500 in comp.lang.python, Kent Johnson
<kent at kentsjohnson.com> wrote:

[...]
>
>filename = open_file()
>
>By the way 'filename' is a pretty bad name, since it contains a file 
>object, not a string. Maybe call it f instead. ('file' is also a bad 
>name because it is the name of a Python built-in function.)

I write a lot of simple scripts.  Those that have input and/or output
files tend to call them infile and outfile.  Given the name of the
OP's file, perhaps optfile would work for him...

Regards,
                                        -=Dave

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