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The guido pronouncement is here: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-July/045967.html (at the bottom).

Also see the first post in that thread: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-July/045921.html

The recommended use is "open" when you're opening a file (or something similar), and "file" when you want to refer to the actual type (e.g. for type testing).

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