On 2011年6月30日 23:25:59 +0200 victor.stinner <python-checkins at python.org> wrote: > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0c49260e85a0 > changeset: 71103:0c49260e85a0 > user: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> > date: Thu Jun 30 23:25:47 2011 +0200 > summary: > Issue #12451: Add support.create_empty_file() >> We don't need to create a temporary buffered binary or text file object just to > create an empty file. Is there a reason for this? I find it quite explicit and obvious what the following does: with open("somefile", "wb"): pass so I wonder what replacing it with support.create_empty_file() brings (except from having to lookup yet another helper function). Regards Antoine.