[Tutor] quick question to open(filename, 'r') vs. file(filename, 'r')

[Bill Campbell]

On Tue, May 05, 2009, David wrote:
>Dear list,
>
>in different books I come across different syntax for dealing with
>files. It seems that open(filename, 'r') and file(filename, 'r') are
>used interchangeably, and I wonder what this is all about. Is there a
>reason why Python allows such ambiguity here?
>
>Cheers for a quick shot of enlightenment ;-)

``pydoc file'' is your friend.  It says open is an alias for file.

Bill
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