\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{file}{filename\optional{, mode\optional{, bufsize}}}
- Return a new file object (described earlier under Built-in Types).
+ Return a new file object (described in
+ section~\ref{bltin-file-objects}, ``\ulink{File
+ Objects}{bltin-file-objects.html}'').
The first two arguments are the same as for \code{stdio}'s
\cfunction{fopen()}: \var{filename} is the file name to be opened,
\var{mode} indicates how the file is to be opened: \code{'r'} for