On 2007-08-08, Istvan Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 6, 6:49 am, Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Incidentally, from the second link I find it shocking that the >> keyword parameter "file" shadows a builtin. It seems to >> endorse a bad practice. > > I believe that the "file" builtin has been removed as well so > it won't shadow anything.
I can't find any evidence of that in the PEPs. Do you have a reference? I thought, in fact, that open was on more shaky ground. ;) -- Neil Cerutti -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list