Moving from Python 2 to Python 3: A 4 page "cheat sheet"

[Mark Summerfield]

On Dec 2, 4:22 pm, Mark Summerfield <l... at qtrac.plus.com> wrote:
> On Dec 2, 11:31 am, "Martin P. Hellwig" <martin.hell... at dcuktec.org>
> wrote:
>
> > MarkSummerfieldwrote:
>
> > <cut>> It is available as a free PDF download (no registration or anything)
> > > from InformIT's website. Here's the direct link:
> > >http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/imprint_downloads/informit/promotions/...
>
> > <cut>
> > Very handy! Am I wrong in assuming that you forgot to include that
> > file() is gone in favour of open()?
>
> No you are not wrong in assuming that I forgot that:-(
>
> My lame excuse is that file() was introduced for isinstance() testing
> and similar, and never really as a replacement for open().
>
> Anyway, I have now added:
>
>     fh = file(fname, mode) | fh = open(fname, mode)
>
> I've sent a new PDF with this change to InformIT, so hopefully it'll
> become available soon fromhttp://www.informit.com/promotions/promotion.aspx?promo=13751

Oops wrong URL again, should have been:
http://www.informit.com/promotions/promotion.aspx?promo=137519
... time to go offline and sleep ...