[Python-Dev] Single- vs. Multi-pass iterability

[Greg Ewing]

"Delaney, Timothy" <tdelaney@avaya.com>:
> Me:
> > Would making them cooperate with GC be a difficult
> > thing to do?
> 
> It would sure annoy those people who insist that
> 
>     file(f, 'w').write(s)
> 
> is a safe idiom ... :)

Well, it would serve them right! :-)

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