Well, it *is* part of the public interface of io.py, and it *is* the implementation of the built-in open() function. So I don't think this should be changed. The module's name is so short that I hope people won't import * from it.
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Benjamin Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a reason io.open is in the __all__? It seems to me it would > redundant and confusing to import a builtin. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com