DO NOT USE file() (was Re: altering an object as you iterate over it?)

[John Salerno]

Tim Peters wrote:
> [John Salerno, on the difference between `open` and `file`]
>> Interesting. What is the difference between them now?
> 
> In 2.5 `file` is unchanged but `open` becomes a function:
> 
>>>> file
> <type 'file'>
>>>> open
> <built-in function open>

So they are still used in the same way though?