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

Jeremy Hylton jeremy at alum.mit.edu
Wed Jul 7 13:39:42 CEST 2004


On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 23:08, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> I have always used open() myself. does this mean we should continue > to use open()?

IMO, yes. My posting was intended to draw attention to the fact that apparently some developers think differently. I'm hoping to revert their opinions unless there's a really good reason to switch to file().

+1 from me. We've been using "open()" to mean open for about as long as there have been Python programs, right? I don't see any value to changing the name at this point, and I see harm in having inconsistent use of open vs. file in the standard library.

Jeremy



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