Re: [Python-Dev] open() mode is lax

2006-03-15 Thread Tim Peters
[Greg Ewing] > I've just noticed that (in 2.3.4) open() seems to accept > just about anything after the first character of the > mode argument: > > Python 2.3.4 (#1, Jun 30 2004, 16:47:37) > [GCC 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" fo

[Python-Dev] open() mode is lax

2006-03-15 Thread Greg Ewing
I've just noticed that (in 2.3.4) open() seems to accept just about anything after the first character of the mode argument: Python 2.3.4 (#1, Jun 30 2004, 16:47:37) [GCC 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> f