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Author gvanrossum
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Are we even sure that open("/") should be disallowed? What
if it is used as an existence test? What is allowed by
open() should be the realm of the stdio fopen() function,
and we shouldn't second-guess it. If fopen() allows us to
open directories, why shouldn't we?
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