Get rid of 'file' built-in. Get rid of types.StringType and friends.

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
index c4e0d51..ba8603c 100644
--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -414,9 +414,7 @@ def installnewio():
         def __new__(cls, *args, **kwds):
             return io.open(*args, **kwds)
     __builtin__.classic_open = __builtin__.open
-    __builtin__.classic_file = __builtin__.file
     __builtin__.open = open
-    __builtin__.file = open
     sys.stdin = io.open(0, "r")
     sys.stdout = io.open(1, "w")
     sys.stderr = io.open(2, "w")
diff --git a/Lib/types.py b/Lib/types.py
index 3c1c939..1d90012 100644
--- a/Lib/types.py
+++ b/Lib/types.py
@@ -22,17 +22,6 @@ try:
 except NameError:
     pass
 
-StringType = str
-
-# StringTypes is already outdated.  Instead of writing "type(x) in
-# types.StringTypes", you should use "isinstance(x, basestring)".  But
-# we keep around for compatibility with Python 2.2.
-try:
-    UnicodeType = str
-    StringTypes = (StringType, UnicodeType)
-except NameError:
-    StringTypes = (StringType,)
-
 BufferType = buffer
 
 TupleType = tuple
@@ -62,7 +51,6 @@ BuiltinFunctionType = type(len)
 BuiltinMethodType = type([].append)     # Same as BuiltinFunctionType
 
 ModuleType = type(sys)
-FileType = file
 
 try:
     raise TypeError