Creating a new file object; open() vs file() (was: Re: altering an object as you iterate over it?)

[Ben Finney]

John Salerno <johnjsal at NOSPAMgmail.com> writes:

> Paul McGuire wrote:
> 
> > I think it is just part of the objectification trend - "f =
> > open('xyzzy.dat')" is sort of a functional/verb concept, so it has
> > to return something, and its something non-objecty like a file
> > handle - urk!  Instead, using "f = file('xyzzy.dat')" is more of
> > an object construction concept
> 
> I see what you mean, but I think that's why I like using open,
> because I like having my functions be verbs instead of nouns.

Note though that you're calling a class (in this case, type)
constructor, to return a new object. Do you find int(), dict(), set()
et al to be strange names for what they do?

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Ben Finney