On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:52:58 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <01e842d6$0$20654$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: > >> Firstly, what you describe is an implementation detail of CPython, not >> Python the language. Jython does not close files as soon as they become >> inaccessible, and IronPython and CLPython may not. > > That's a limitation of Java-like virtual machines, which I have no > intention of condonig.
You don't have to condone it, but you do have to live with it. >> Secondly, even in CPython things may not be so simple. Not all >> file-like objects are built-in file objects. > > Why is this relevant? File-like objects might not automatically close themselves. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
