# Utility functions
# Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 James Troup <james@nocrew.org>
-# $Id: utils.py,v 1.29 2001-07-13 15:54:59 troup Exp $
+# $Id: utils.py,v 1.30 2001-07-25 15:51:15 troup Exp $
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
######################################################################################
-def open_file(filename, mode):
+def open_file(filename, mode='r'):
try:
f = open(filename, mode);
except IOError: