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Author eli.bendersky
Recipients cvrebert, eli.bendersky, ncoghlan
Date 2012-02-12.04:38:49
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Would not adding a new keyword arg to open() be less intrusive and more consistent?

I.e. open(fname, asciionly=True) or something similar.
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