[issue1702] Word "alias" used in confusing way to compare open() and file()

Georg Brandl added the comment: I had already cleaned this up in the trunk. -- resolution: -> out of date status: open -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue1702] Word "alias" used in confusing way to compare open() and file()

Guido van Rossum added the comment: Looks like a doc change that Georg could easily apply. -- assignee: nnorwitz -> georg.brandl nosy: +georg.brandl, gvanrossum priority: -> low __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue1702] Word "alias" used in confusing way to compare open() and file()

Christian Heimes added the comment: open() is preferred over file(), too. In Python 2.5 open() returns a file instance but in 3.0 file is removed. -- nosy: +tiran __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue1702] Word "alias" used in confusing way to compare open() and file()

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Notice that file *was* open up to Python 2.4; this was changed with #1479181 - so "open" is newer than file, in a sense. Assigning to Neal, who committed the original change. -- assignee: -> nnorwitz nosy: +loewis, nnorwitz ___

[issue1702] Word "alias" used in confusing way to compare open() and file()

Senthil added the comment: > I feel that "alias" is the wrong word to use here, though I don't know > a suitable replacement. Should we say, "The older built-in open() serves the same purpose as file." -- nosy: +orsenthil __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue1702] Word "alias" used in confusing way to compare open() and file()

Changes by Richard Cohen: -- nosy: +vmlinuz __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.pytho

[issue1702] Word "alias" used in confusing way to compare open() and file()

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