Ned Deily <n...@python.org> added the comment:

Thanks for your report.  Alas, this is expected behavior.  As documented, the 
Boolean values False and True behave like the integers 0 and 1; this behavior 
dates back to the earliest days of Python.  So when you pass False to open, you 
are passing the integer 0 and file number 0 is sys.stdin.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#boolean-values

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nosy: +ned.deily
resolution:  -> not a bug
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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