Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> added the comment:

There are other paramaters that take optional 'files'. Whatever change is made 
should be done uniformly for all.

'File' is unfortunately vague, as it could mean file object or file name or 
both. If file name, it could be str only or (for 2.7), str and unicode. I an 
not sure of what the 2.7 standard is, if there is one.

Allowing unicode could be seen as an enhancement, but it depends on the 
original intention and/or default 2.7 interpretation of 'file'.

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nosy: +giampaolo.rodola, janssen, pitrou, terry.reedy

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