Glenn Linderman wrote:
in 2.6 and before execfile is listed in builtin functions, and is not marked deprecated, and exec is in the simple statements, and is not marked deprecated.
Because they are not going away in 2.7.
in 3.0 execfile is not listed in builtin functions, exec is. exec is not listed in simple statements.
All as appropriate.
I guess this is an intended 3.0 change, but is this the proper way to document it?
This is really a python-list/c.l.p question: Anyway... What's new 3.0: "exec() is no longer a keyword; it remains as a function."..."Removed execfile(). Instead of execfile(fn) use exec(open(fn).read()). " ...Yes.
What I was really trying to figure out is how I could specify the encoding of a file to be execfile'd in 2.6... but didn't find it so thought I'd try 3.0 to see if it would assume UTF-8, but had forgotten execfile doesn't exist in 3.0 (if I knew it; I'm new here).
Ditto - how to use current 3.0, not how to develop 3.0.1/3.1. Anyway, specify encoding in the open function.
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