No need to close file?

[Thomas Bartkus]

"T" <ty.2006 at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1153252214.457508.269880 at 35g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Do I need to close the file in this case?  Why or why not?
>
> for line in file('foo', 'r'):
>   print line

Are you asking if you can get away without closing it?
Or are you asking if it is a good idea to not close it?

Good programming practice says that if you open it - you close it.

And stay out of trouble ;-)
Thomas Bartkus