Tim Peters wrote: > [John Salerno, on the difference between `open` and `file`] >> Interesting. What is the difference between them now? > > In 2.5 `file` is unchanged but `open` becomes a function: > >>>> file > <type 'file'> >>>> open > <built-in function open>
So they are still used in the same way though? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list