On 11/27/06, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 27, 2006, Jason Orendorff wrote: > > Way back on 11/22/06, "Martin v. L?wis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [...] I can find nothing wrong with people relying on > >> reference counting to close files, for example. It's a property of > >> CPython, and not guaranteed in other Python implementations - yet it > >> works in a well-defined way in CPython. [...] > > > > [Feh.] > > We recently had this discussion at my day job. We ended up agreeing > that using close() was an encouraged but not required style, because to > really avoid breakage we'd have to go with a full-bore try/except style > for file handling, and that would require too many changes (especially > without upgrading to 2.5, and we're still using 2.2/2.3).
Well, CPython's refcounting is something Python-dev is (understatement) very conscious of. I think I've even heard assurances that it won't change Any Time Soon. But this isn't the case for every CPython implementation detail. Remember what brought all this up. If it's obscure enough that Fredrik Lundh has to ask around, I wouldn't bet the ranch on it. -j _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
