[Python-Dev] file() vs open(), round 7 (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Tue Dec 27 16:51:32 CET 2005

Phillip J. Eby wrote:

>but that was made at a time when it wasn't clear if "open" or "file" would >be the preferred way to open a file. now that we've settled on the verb >form, I think "textopen" or "opentext" would be slightly more consistent.

Sorry, I'm confused. Who settled on the verb form? Are you saying Guido's 2002 post supports open() instead of file(), or is there some more recent reference to this?

see:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-July/045921.html

"I recently saw a checkin that changed a call to open() into a call to
file(), suggesting that using file() is more "politically correct"
than open().

I'm not sure I agree with this."

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-July/045967.html

"Anyway, here's my future-proof distinction: use open() as the factory
function, and file for type-testing."

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