On 20 Okt, 21:13, "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar> wrote: > En Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:47:02 -0300, arve.knud...@gmail.com > <arve.knud...@gmail.com> escribió: > > > On 20 Okt, 09:40, "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar> wrote: > >> En Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:23:49 -0300, arve.knud...@gmail.com > >> <arve.knud...@gmail.com> escribió: > >> > I agree, but like I said, I've been told that this (implicit closing > >> > of files) is the correct style by more merited Python developers, so > >> > that made me think I was probably wrong .. > > >> Then tell those "more merited Python developers" that they're wrong, > >> and that the right way to ensure a file is closed when you're done with > >> it is to use a `with` statement (or a try/finally block in old Python > >> releases) > > > Easier said than done :) In any case, I now have this discussion as a > > useful reference in the future. Thanks! > > If this thread is not enough, you can ask them to read the official Python > tutorial: > > "It is good practice to use the with keyword when dealing with file > objects. This has the advantage that the file is properly closed after its > suite finishes, even if an exception is raised on the way. It is also much > shorter than writing equivalent try-finally blocks." > > http://docs.python.org/tutorial/inputoutput.html#methods-of-file-objects
Perhaps the general attitude has changed now that the "with" keyword makes it so easy anyway (unless one needs to support older Pythons of course). Arve -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
