[issue12797] io.FileIO and io.open should support openat

Terry J. Reedy report at bugs.python.org
Mon Oct 31 20:40:28 CET 2011


Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> added the comment:

> I'd have written "an opened file descriptor" instead (in 5 places).

Yes, 'open' is an adjective as well as a verb, and the correct one in 
this context. Something that has been opened, such as a sealed jar or 
envelope, might have been re-closed, but it is no longer the same as 
never-opened.

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