[Python-Dev] file() or open()?

[Guido van Rossum]

> Yes, but has others have pointed out, the current documentation
> seems to suggest that file() is preferred to open().  That appears
> not to be your intent and should be changed, but I don't think most
> of us who have begun using file() (I've only changed from open() to
> file() relatively recently) didn't view it as a fad.

I apologize for the doc glitch -- I should've nailed that one the
first time I noticed it. :-(

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)