readlines() question
Moshe Zadka
moshez at math.huji.ac.il
Sat Jun 10 01:40:31 EDT 2000
On 9 Jun 2000, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> In article <Pine.GSO.4.10.10006092339580.29560-100000 at sundial>,
> Moshe Zadka <moshez at math.huji.ac.il> wrote:
> >
> >Ummmmm...I'm known as a professional paranoid in many places, so I usually
> >code like:
> >
> >my_file = open("blah")
> >try:
> > ...my_file.read, my_file.readlines, etc.
> >finally:
> > my_file.close()
>
> And if you're *really* paranoid ;-)
>
> try:
> my_file = open("blah")
> ...my_file.read, my_file.readlines, etc.
> finally:
> my_file.close()
Not really. If
my_file = open("blah")
fails there's
a) no need to close my_file
b) my_file has not been assigned yet
--
Moshe Zadka <moshez at math.huji.ac.il>
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