[Python-Dev] open() mode is lax

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 =

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

[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