Function openTextFile

nuitka/utils/FileOperations.py:1192–1218

Open a text file with proper handling. Args: filename: Path to file. mode: Open mode. encoding: Encoding to use. errors: Error handling. Returns: file: Opened file object.

(filename, mode, encoding=None, errors=None)

def openTextFile(filename, mode, encoding=None, errors=None):
    """Open a text file with proper handling.

    Args:
        filename: Path to file.
        mode: Open mode.
        encoding: Encoding to use.
        errors: Error handling.

    Returns:
        file: Opened file object.
    """
    # Do not attempt to create files with what we consider
    # illegal filenames.
    if "w" in mode:
        is_legal, illegal_reason = isLegalPath(filename)
        if not is_legal:
            raise NuitkaFilenameError(illegal_reason)

    # Doesn't exist anymore for Python3.7 or later.
    if python_version >= 0x370:
        mode = mode.replace("U", "")

    if str is bytes:
        return codecs.open(filename, mode, encoding=encoding, errors=errors)
    else:
        return io.open(filename, mode, encoding=encoding, errors=errors)


def putTextFileContents(filename, contents, encoding=None):