On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:07 PM, dave selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Up to now I when I need to write some data to a file I have been > purposely using close() > > f = open(conf, 'w') > f.writelines(lines) > f.close() > > Is it as safe to use the following .... > > open(conf, 'w').writelines(lines) > > ie no close() to flush the data, but also not assigned an object name > so am I right in thinking that as the object is 'reclaimed' close() is > automatically called ?
My guess is that's probably correct, but it's also bad programming. It's like that old saying of my grandma's: If you open it, close it! -Wayne _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
