[Python-Dev] Rename str/unicode to text (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Fri Feb 17 14:15:05 CET 2006

"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> writes:

Michael Hudson wrote:

> OTOH, even if we didn't rename str/unicode to text, opentext would > still be a good name for the function that opens a text file.

Hnnrgh, not really. You're not opening a 'text', nor are you constructing something that might reasonably be called an 'opentext'. textfile() seems better. except that in Python, file is a type, and open is an action.

Well, yeah, but you can interpret each name in a sane way and try to ignore the fact that they refer to the same object...

but I agree that textfile reads better (haven't we been through this a couple of times already, btw? iirc, my original textfile proposal was posted in 1846, or so)

Yes, that sounds about right.

Cheers, mwh

-- I'm sorry, was my bias showing again? :-) -- William Tanksley, 13 May 2000

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