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gh-62734: Document that open()'s file param becomes name attribute #144455

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gh-62734: Document that open()'s file param becomes name attribute
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Fix cross-reference to io.FileIO.name
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Expand Up @@ -1355,7 +1355,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
relative to the current working directory) of the file to be opened or an
integer file descriptor of the file to be wrapped. (If a file descriptor is
given, it is closed when the returned I/O object is closed unless *closefd*
is set to ``False``.)
is set to ``False``.) The value passed as *file* is stored in the
:attr:`~io.FileIO.name` attribute of the returned file object.

*mode* is an optional string that specifies the mode in which the file is
opened. It defaults to ``'r'`` which means open for reading in text mode.
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