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"Anthra Norell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If a piece of code exits with an exception before it closes an open
> file, that file seems to remain locked, which is real pain in the
> butt
You will want to examine the 'finally' clause, which is executed after
the 'try' suite regardless of exceptions.
<URL:http://docs.python.org/ref/exceptions.html>
<URL:http://docs.python.org/ref/try.html#try>
You may also be interested in the 'with' statement, coming in Python
2.5, which will be a more natural way of expressing this idiom.
<URL:http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/section-generators.html>
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