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.

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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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