Re: [RFE] python-mode: removing `file` keyword from syntax highlight

[Konstantin Kharlamov]

On Wed, 2025-01-22 at 15:57 +0300, Konstantin Kharlamov wrote:
> Seems to be a simple change, but knowing sometimes such things raise
> discussions, decided to ask here first.
> 
> While working with Python I frequently notice word `file` highlighted
> as a keyword, even though I never remember using such library
> function
> or a keyword.
> 
> Some digging showed that `file` was a built-in type in Python2 that's
> gone in Python3 in preference of `open()` function which returns type
> `IO[Any]`.
> 
> Nowadays word `file` is just a typical variable name you can see
> while
> working with open (pun intended), case in point¹. Seeing it's
> highlighted as if it's any special is annoying. Given that Python2
> has
> been dead for ½ a decade at this point, can we perhaps remove `file`
> from the list of keywords?
> 
> 1: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8369345/2388257

CC: kobarity