file descriptors & fdopen

[Scott Frankel]

Why does os.fdopen('foo.txt', 'w') require an integer?
Ultimately, I want to create a new file on disk.

Funny, I can't seem to suss-out how to create a new file without
resorting
to os.system('touch foo.txt'). ... Or maybe not so funny ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: an integer is required


Thanks in advance!
Scott