[Python-3000] Radical idea: remove built-in open (require import io)

[Brett Cannon]

On 5/17/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
>
> Do people think it would be too radical if the built-in open()
> function was removed altogether, requiring all code that opens files
> to import the io module first? This would make it easier to identify
> modules that engage in I/O.



I support it.  My security work wanted open and execfile yanked out of the
built-in namespace anyway.  =)

-Brett
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