"mnl.p...@gmail.com" <mnl.p...@gmail.com> writes: > with xxxxxx.open() as logfile: > do this > do that > logfile.write() > do this > do that > logfile.write()
That's a good sign you have identified a discrete collection of statements that should be in a function. The function accepts ‘logfile’ as a (probably named) parameter, so that it is explit the opening and closing of that file is someone else's responsibility This, as you say, simplifies the code in those statements. Bonus: you can name the function to summarise its entire purpose:: with foo.open() as logfile: frobnicate_the_whelk(logfile=logfile) -- \ “I don't want to live peacefully with difficult realities, and | `\ I see no virtue in savoring excuses for avoiding a search for | _o__) real answers.” —Paul Z. Myers, 2009-09-12 | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list