[issue8796] Deprecate codecs.open()

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:

> If someone wants to write code that works in Python 2.5 
> or older *and* Python 3 then codecs.open will most likely
> be how they keep compatibility for reading in encoded files.

Can't 2to3 do the conversion? (codecs.open => open)

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