"T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Do I need to close the file in this case? Why or why not? > > for line in file('foo', 'r'): > print line
Are you asking if you can get away without closing it? Or are you asking if it is a good idea to not close it? Good programming practice says that if you open it - you close it. And stay out of trouble ;-) Thomas Bartkus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list