On Tue, May 05, 2009, David wrote: >Dear list, > >in different books I come across different syntax for dealing with >files. It seems that open(filename, 'r') and file(filename, 'r') are >used interchangeably, and I wonder what this is all about. Is there a >reason why Python allows such ambiguity here? > >Cheers for a quick shot of enlightenment ;-)
``pydoc file'' is your friend. It says open is an alias for file. Bill -- INTERNET: b...@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes ruler of a State. -- Chuang Tzu _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
