open() is alive and well (Re: open is not obsolete)
Greg Ewing
greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Thu Jul 8 00:00:43 EDT 2004
Jeff Shannon wrote:
> Okay, perhaps "legacy" is a better term than "obsolete". In either
> case, it's recommended that it not be used in new code
In a recent exchange on python-dev, Guido has made it clear
that this is NOT the case -- he wants people to continue
using open(), since it might not remain a synonym for
file() in the future. He has acknowledged that the
documentation needs clarification on this.
--
Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg
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