Peter Hansen wrote:
> In my opinion, if the code fits on one screen and just reads stuff
> from one file and, maybe, writes to another, you can safely and with
^^^^^^
> clean conscience ignore Mike's advice (but remember it for later!).
Remember, finalisers are not called when Python exits. So if you don't
explicitly close the file you are *writing* to, it may not be flushed
before being closed (by the OS because the process no longer exists).
Tim Delaney
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