object.enable() anti-pattern

[Roy Smith]

In article <518c5bbc$0$29997$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>,
 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:

> I must admit I am astonished at how controversial the opinion "if your 
> object is useless until you call 'start', you should automatically call 
> 'start' when the object is created" has turned out to be.

I'm sorry.  I thought you were here for an argument.

I think where things went pear shaped is when you made the statement:

>> There is no sensible use-case for creating a file OBJECT unless it
>> initially wraps an open file pointer.

That's a pretty absolute point of view.  Life is rarely so absolute.