Better README.

diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 31f5bb6..eeb68b0 100644 (file)
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ Supported backends:
 - syslocale - Native OS collation routines.
 - codepoint - Raw Unicode codepoint comparison
 
-The different backends have varying features and behaviors; which one
-is best depends on your goals. A specific backend can be used, or a
-"best" backend is chosen by default.
+If available, you'll probably want to use the ICU backend. If it's not
+available, syslocale should work on most Python installations. A
+specific backend can be used, or a "best" backend is chosen by
+default.
 
 pycollate also provides tools to perform word-wise and numeric sorts.
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ $ sudo ./setup.py install
 Example
 -------
 import collate
-strings = file("contents.txt").read().decode("utf-8").splitlines()
+strings = open("contents.txt").read().decode("utf-8").splitlines()
 strings.sort(key=collate.key)
 
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