Re: Close as Many Files/External resourcs as possible in the face of exceptions

2011-11-21 Thread Terry Reedy
On 11/21/2011 7:09 AM, Mel Wilson wrote: GZ wrote: Here is my situation. A parent object owns a list of files (or other objects with a close() method). The close() method can sometimes fail and raise an exception. When the parent object's close() method is called, it needs to close down as many

Re: Close as Many Files/External resourcs as possible in the face of exceptions

2011-11-21 Thread Mel Wilson
GZ wrote: > Here is my situation. A parent object owns a list of files (or other > objects with a close() method). The close() method can sometimes fail > and raise an exception. When the parent object's close() method is > called, it needs to close down as many files it owns as possible, even >

Re: Close as Many Files/External resourcs as possible in the face of exceptions

2011-11-21 Thread Vincent Vande Vyvre
Le 21/11/11 06:46, GZ a écrit : Hi, Here is my situation. A parent object owns a list of files (or other objects with a close() method). The close() method can sometimes fail and raise an exception. When the parent object's close() method is called, it needs to close down as

Close as Many Files/External resourcs as possible in the face of exceptions

2011-11-20 Thread GZ
Hi, Here is my situation. A parent object owns a list of files (or other objects with a close() method). The close() method can sometimes fail and raise an exception. When the parent object's close() method is called, it needs to close down as many files it owns as possible, even if the close() fu