New submission from Devin Jeanpierre: I was slightly misled by the wording of part of the docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html): "file() is new in Python 2.2. The older built-in open() is an alias for file()."
I actually thought it meant that open was an alias of file, so that 'open is file'. However, >>> open is file False I feel that "alias" is the wrong word to use here, though I don't know a suitable replacement. ---------- components: Documentation messages: 59007 nosy: Devin Jeanpierre severity: minor status: open title: Word "alias" used in confusing way to compare open() and file() type: rfe __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1702> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
