Re: ? about file() and open()

2005-01-03 Thread Reinhold Birkenfeld
Sean wrote: Was wondering if there was any difference between these two functions. I have read some text that said file() wasn't introduced until 2.2 and that it was synonymous with open(). Does this mean that I should be using file() where I used open() before? FYI, I submitted a patch to

? about file() and open()

2005-01-02 Thread Sean
Was wondering if there was any difference between these two functions. I have read some text that said file() wasn't introduced until 2.2 and that it was synonymous with open(). Does this mean that I should be using file() where I used open() before? Sean Morris --

Re: ? about file() and open()

2005-01-02 Thread Alex Martelli
Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Was wondering if there was any difference between these two functions. Not today: open is file True they're two names for the same object. Which isn't a function, btw: type(open) type 'type' the object, as you see, is a type (besides calling it to