Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> writes: > So, having written the opener: > > > On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:29:05 +0200, Christian Heimes wrote: > > > import os > > > > > > def opener(file, flags): > > > return os.open(file, flags | os.O_EXCL) > > why not call that directly? > > f = opener(file, flags)
Ah, because that returns the file descriptor, not the file. I see. -- \ “If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all | `\ others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking | _o__) power called an idea” —Thomas Jefferson, 1813-08-13 | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
