file.close()

[Erik Max Francis]

Bryan wrote:

> which explicitly closes f1 & f2
> any exceptions opening f1 or f2 is handled outside of this structure
> or is
> allowed to fall out of the program.  i'm aware that files will
> automatically
> be closed when the process exits.  i'm just curious how others do this
> for
> small scripts and larger programs.  is what i'm doing is overkill?

No, not at all; it's safe and portable.  Python the language does not
specify when objects get reclaimed, although CPython the implementation
does it promptly.  Use of external resources -- which should be released
as soon as you're done with them -- are best done in try/finally
clauses.

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