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Subject: Re: A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy!
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On 05/06/2016 04:12 PM, DFS wrote:
> On 5/6/2016 4:30 PM, MRAB wrote:

>>    If you don't want to use the 'with' statement, note that closing the
>> file is:
>>
>>            f.close()
>>
>>    It needs the "()"!
>
> I used close() in 1 place, but close without parens in 2 other places.
> So it works either way.  Good catch.

No, it doesn't.  `f.close` simple returns the close function, it doesn't 
call it.  The "it works" was simply because Python closed the files for 
you later.

Not a big deal in a small program like this, but still a mistake.

--
~Ethan~