Issue #12797: Added custom opener parameter to builtin open() and FileIO.open().
diff --git a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
index 2ad002e..a8d3ed4 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
  */
 PyDoc_STRVAR(open_doc,
 "open(file, mode='r', buffering=-1, encoding=None,\n"
-"     errors=None, newline=None, closefd=True) -> file object\n"
+"     errors=None, newline=None, closefd=True, opener=None) -> file object\n"
 "\n"
 "Open file and return a stream.  Raise IOError upon failure.\n"
 "\n"
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@
 "when the file is closed. This does not work when a file name is given\n"
 "and must be True in that case.\n"
 "\n"
+"A custom opener can be used by passing a callable as *opener*. The\n"
+"underlying file descriptor for the file object is then obtained by\n"
+"calling *opener* with (*file*, *flags*). *opener* must return an open\n"
+"file descriptor (passing os.open as *opener* results in functionality\n"
+"similar to passing None).\n"
+"\n"
 "open() returns a file object whose type depends on the mode, and\n"
 "through which the standard file operations such as reading and writing\n"
 "are performed. When open() is used to open a file in a text mode ('w',\n"
@@ -210,8 +216,8 @@
 {
     char *kwlist[] = {"file", "mode", "buffering",
                       "encoding", "errors", "newline",
-                      "closefd", NULL};
-    PyObject *file;
+                      "closefd", "opener", NULL};
+    PyObject *file, *opener = Py_None;
     char *mode = "r";
     int buffering = -1, closefd = 1;
     char *encoding = NULL, *errors = NULL, *newline = NULL;
@@ -228,10 +234,10 @@
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(isatty);
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(fileno);
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|sizzzi:open", kwlist,
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|sizzziO:open", kwlist,
                                      &file, &mode, &buffering,
                                      &encoding, &errors, &newline,
-                                     &closefd)) {
+                                     &closefd, &opener)) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -331,7 +337,7 @@
 
     /* Create the Raw file stream */
     raw = PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject *)&PyFileIO_Type,
-				"Osi", file, rawmode, closefd);
+                                "OsiO", file, rawmode, closefd, opener);
     if (raw == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
diff --git a/Modules/_io/fileio.c b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
index acb0097..e3c0dd9 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/fileio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@
 fileio_init(PyObject *oself, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
     fileio *self = (fileio *) oself;
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"file", "mode", "closefd", NULL};
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"file", "mode", "closefd", "opener", NULL};
     const char *name = NULL;
-    PyObject *nameobj, *stringobj = NULL;
+    PyObject *nameobj, *stringobj = NULL, *opener = Py_None;
     char *mode = "r";
     char *s;
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
@@ -233,8 +233,9 @@
             return -1;
     }
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|si:fileio",
-                                     kwlist, &nameobj, &mode, &closefd))
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|siO:fileio",
+                                     kwlist, &nameobj, &mode, &closefd,
+                                     &opener))
         return -1;
 
     if (PyFloat_Check(nameobj)) {
@@ -363,15 +364,35 @@
             goto error;
         }
 
-        Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
         errno = 0;
+        if (opener == Py_None) {
+            Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
-        if (widename != NULL)
-            self->fd = _wopen(widename, flags, 0666);
-        else
+            if (widename != NULL)
+                self->fd = _wopen(widename, flags, 0666);
+            else
 #endif
-            self->fd = open(name, flags, 0666);
-        Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+                self->fd = open(name, flags, 0666);
+            Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+        } else {
+            PyObject *fdobj = PyObject_CallFunction(
+                                  opener, "Oi", nameobj, flags);
+            if (fdobj == NULL)
+                goto error;
+            if (!PyLong_Check(fdobj)) {
+                Py_DECREF(fdobj);
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                        "expected integer from opener");
+                goto error;
+            }
+
+            self->fd = PyLong_AsLong(fdobj);
+            Py_DECREF(fdobj);
+            if (self->fd == -1) {
+                goto error;
+            }
+        }
+
         if (self->fd < 0) {
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
             if (widename != NULL)
@@ -1017,13 +1038,17 @@
 
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(fileio_doc,
-"file(name: str[, mode: str]) -> file IO object\n"
+"file(name: str[, mode: str][, opener: None]) -> file IO object\n"
 "\n"
 "Open a file.  The mode can be 'r', 'w' or 'a' for reading (default),\n"
 "writing or appending.  The file will be created if it doesn't exist\n"
 "when opened for writing or appending; it will be truncated when\n"
 "opened for writing.  Add a '+' to the mode to allow simultaneous\n"
-"reading and writing.");
+"reading and writing. A custom opener can be used by passing a\n"
+"callable as *opener*. The underlying file descriptor for the file\n"
+"object is then obtained by calling opener with (*name*, *flags*).\n"
+"*opener* must return an open file descriptor (passing os.open as\n"
+"*opener* results in functionality similar to passing None).");
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(read_doc,
 "read(size: int) -> bytes.  read at most size bytes, returned as bytes.\n"