Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Aahz wrote: > >> class file(object) >> | file(name[, mode[, buffering]]) -> file object >> | >> | Open a file. The mode can be 'r', 'w' or 'a' for reading (default), >> [...] >> | Note: open() is an alias for file(). >> >> This is confusing. I suggest that we make ``open()`` a factory function >> right now. (I'll submit a bug report (and possibly a patch) after I get >> agreement.) > > +1. > > can we add a opentext factory for file/codecs.open while we're at it ?
Why a new factory function ? Can't we just redirect to codecs.open() in case an encoding keyword argument is passed to open() ?! -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Dec 27 2005) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! :::: _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
