[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-486480 ] zipfile __del__ is broken

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Bugs item #486480, was opened at 2001-11-28 06:45
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.2
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Itamar Shtull-Trauring (itamar)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: zipfile __del__ is broken

Initial Comment:
The __del__ method calls self.fp.close(), instead of
calling self.close(). As a result, if you opened a
zipfile in write mode and forgot to close() it, it will
*not* be closed correctly when __del__ is called.

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>Comment By: Jeremy Hylton (jhylton)
Date: 2001-11-28 07:53

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I guess it's a bug since __del__() doesn't do what the doc
string says, but shouldn't the program be calling close()
explicitly.  It makes some (a little) sense to think of
__del__() only as a stop-gap measure to prevent a program
from leaking file descriptors.


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