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Re: A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy!

From Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy!
Date 2016-05-06 16:29 -0700
Message-ID <mailman.439.1462577357.32212.python-list@python.org> (permalink)
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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~

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A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-06 15:10 -0400
  Re: A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy! MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-05-06 21:30 +0100
    Re: A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-06 19:12 -0400
      Re: A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy! Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2016-05-06 16:29 -0700
        Re: A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy! DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-06 19:58 -0400
          Re: A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy! MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-05-07 01:38 +0100
          Re: A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy! Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-06 23:03 -0700
          Re: A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy! Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-05-07 18:24 +1200
            Re: A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy! alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-05-07 08:51 +0000
  Re: A fun python CLI program for all to enjoy! Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-05-07 15:59 +0200

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