In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, robert wrote:
> * Ruby without refcounts provides no deterministic __del__ in
> non-circular refs ==> your type finally finally finally .close .close
> .close all the time
Which is what you should type in Python too as there's no guarantee that
`__del__()` will be called immidiatly when the file object goes out of
scope or isn't referenced anymore. The reference counting memory
management is an implementation detail.
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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