Georg Brandl ge...@python.org added the comment:
I've now split the mode table in two tables, one describing base modes,
and one the possible modifiers. See r72000.
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David W. Lambert lamber...@corning.com added the comment:
(prospective, not perspective programmer)
Spelling out the possibilities as suggested in Message80563 makes better
sense to me than writing in words the logic handling the mode argument
of the io.open function. (Perhaps there is a
New submission from Mitchell Model m...@acm.org:
Documentation of the mode parameter of the built-in function open is
insufficient with respect to what values are acceptable.
(1) Right after the mode table, it states For binary random access, the
mode 'w+b' opens and truncates the file to 0
Mitchell Model m...@acm.org added the comment:
In point (2) I should have written a plain 'b' or 't' and value not
valuable. Neither 't' nor 'b' can appear without a r/w/a.
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David W. Lambert lamber...@corning.com added the comment:
I disagree. You propose to examine the trees but ignore the forest.
The perspective programmer needs to understand what is a file.
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Mitchell Model m...@acm.org added the comment:
David W. Lambert lamber...@corning.com added the comment:
I disagree. You propose to examine the trees but ignore the forest.
The perspective programmer needs to understand what is a file.
Could you be more specific about what parts of my
