T wrote:
> Thomas Bartkus wrote:
>> "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
>
> How do I close the file in the above case?
You rewrite the faulty code such that the above case isn't the above case
anymore.
f = open('foo', 'r')
try:
for line in f:
print line
finally:
f.close()
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