In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > try: > for line in open(myFileName): > count += 1 > except IOError: > print "Can't open myfile" > > (I know, this is bad, I never close the file, but its just for > illustration).
No, that's fine. The file object returned by "open" is refcounted, so when the last reference to it disappears, it is closed. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
