[Python-bugs-list] ConfigParser (file not closed) (PR#185)

[guido@CNRI.Reston.VA.US]

> In library module ConfigParser, I believe the following patch 
> should be applied:
> 
> --- ConfigParser.py     Tue Jan 18 19:41:04 2000
> ***************
> *** 173,178 ****
> --- 173,179 ----
>               try:
>                   fp = open(file, 'r')
>                   self.__read(fp)
> +                 fp.close()
>               except IOError:
>                   pass

Thanks, you're right.  This is already fixed in our CVS tree (it was
done as part of some reorganization).

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)