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From: Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
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Subject: Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in
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Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> writes:

> So, having written the opener:
>
> > On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:29:05 +0200, Christian Heimes wrote:
> > > import os
> > > 
> > > def opener(file, flags):
> > >     return os.open(file, flags | os.O_EXCL)
>
> why not call that directly?
>
>     f = opener(file, flags)

Ah, because that returns the file descriptor, not the file. I see.

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