[issue5540] "file objects" in python 3 tutorial

Georg Brandl added the comment: I found nothing in that document that refers to file objects as seen in Python 2, e.g. the "file" type. I'd still refer to all of Python 3's IO objects as "file objects". -- resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed ___

[issue5540] "file objects" in python 3 tutorial

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: 2009/3/23 David W. Lambert : > > David W. Lambert added the comment: > > File objects should not be discussed in the tutorial to emphasize that > the file type is gone. > > File objects should be in the tutorial as a useful familiar concept. I don't underst

[issue5540] "file objects" in python 3 tutorial

David W. Lambert added the comment: File objects should not be discussed in the tutorial to emphasize that the file type is gone. File objects should be in the tutorial as a useful familiar concept. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue5540] "file objects" in python 3 tutorial

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: Why shouldn't it be? One of the goals of 3.x io is to present a more pythonic interface while preserving a similar interface to 2.x. Users can learn about the complete io stack later. -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson _

[issue5540] "file objects" in python 3 tutorial

New submission from David W. Lambert : http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/tutorial/inputoutput.html#methods-of- file-objects Is it proper to discuss file objects in py3K? -- assignee: georg.brandl components: Documentation messages: 83991 nosy: LambertDW, georg.brandl severity: normal stat