[Python-3000-checkins] r67539 - in python/branches/py3k: Lib/webbrowser.py Misc/NEWS

[amaury.forgeotdarc]

Author: amaury.forgeotdarc
Date: Fri Dec 5 02:02:21 2008
New Revision: 67539

Log:
Issue #4537: webbrowser.UnixBrowser failed because this module defines an open()
function which shadows the builtin.

Will backport to 3.0


Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Lib/webbrowser.py
python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Lib/webbrowser.py
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Lib/webbrowser.py (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Lib/webbrowser.py Fri Dec 5 02:02:21 2008
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
cmdline = [self.name] + raise_opt + args

if remote or self.background:
- inout = open(os.devnull, "r+")
+ inout = io.open(os.devnull, "r+")
else:
# for TTY browsers, we need stdin/out
inout = None

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS Fri Dec 5 02:02:21 2008
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
Library
-------

+- Issue #4537: webbrowser.UnixBrowser would fail to open the browser because
+ it was calling the wrong open() function.
+
- Issue #1055234: cgi.parse_header(): Fixed parsing of header parameters to
support unusual filenames (such as those containing semi-colons) in
Content-Disposition headers.