Dave Angel wrote: > Ulrich Eckhardt wrote: >> open() doesn't take a string as second parameter, see 'help(open)'. >> Instead, it takes one of the integers which are defined as symbols in the >> os module, see 'dir(os)'. > > [...]The second parameter to the builtin function open() is a string[...] > Now perhaps you're referring to open() in some other module, such as > os.open().
True, mixed those up, as perhaps did the OP. > an unqualified open() can only refer to the one in builltin. ...unless you explicitly imported an 'open' from somewhere else. Thanks for the correction. Uli -- Sator Laser GmbH Geschäftsführer: Thorsten Föcking, Amtsgericht Hamburg HR B62 932 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list