Mark `file` as a bad function when using python 2, closes #8.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fafcf93..7ccbad9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ ChangeLog for Pylint
       without being a dict or a dict subclass) or an instance which implements
       __reversed__.
 
+    * Mark `file` as a bad function when using python2 (closes #8).
+
 
 2013-12-22  --  1.1.0
     * Add new check for use of deprecated pragma directives "pylint:disable-msg"
diff --git a/checkers/base.py b/checkers/base.py
index cf4304c..55e5f36 100644
--- a/checkers/base.py
+++ b/checkers/base.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ REVERSED_METHODS = (('__getitem__', '__len__'),
 BAD_FUNCTIONS = ['map', 'filter', 'apply']
 if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
     BAD_FUNCTIONS.append('input')
+    BAD_FUNCTIONS.append('file')
 
 del re