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Re: Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement?

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On 2016-02-17 16:51, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> If you want the file to be closed immediately, you must:
> 
> - use a with statement;
> 
> - or explicitly call f.close()

I have a lot of pre-"with" code (i.e., Py2.4) that looks like

  f = open(...)
  try:
    do_stuff()
  finally:
    f.close()

To explicitly close() correctly, you still have to pay the
one-level-of-indent cost regardless of whether you use a "with" or
close()

Now that we have the "with" statement, it's the same cost, with no
lost functionality, but with fewer lines of messy code.

So use the "with" unless you're sadly maintaining 2.4 code like
me. :-)

-tkc

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Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement? jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2016-02-16 00:39 -0800
  Re: Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-02-16 20:16 +1100
  Re: Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement? Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2016-02-16 20:24 +1100
  Re: Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-02-16 04:41 -0500
  Re: Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement? jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2016-02-16 20:04 -0800
    Re: Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-02-17 15:36 +1100
    Re: Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement? Raspberry Aether <raspberryaether@e-s.invalid> - 2016-02-16 23:42 -0500
    Re: Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-02-17 16:51 +1100
      Re: Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-02-17 20:32 -0600
  Re: Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement? jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2016-02-17 17:29 -0800
    Re: Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-02-18 02:05 +0000
  Re: Will file be closed automatically in a "for ... in open..." statement? Jeremy Leonard <jrmy.lnrd@gmail.com> - 2016-02-18 10:02 -0800

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