"Tim Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [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>
In that case I'll happily use 'file()', since it meshes nicely with creating a new instance of any built-in type. -- \ "None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love | `\ not freedom, but license." -- John Milton | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
