when should I explicitly close a file?

Wed Apr 21 21:03:29 EDT 2010

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message <4bc9aadb$1 at dnews.tpgi.com.au>, Lie Ryan wrote:
>
>> Since in python nothing is guaranteed about implicit file close ...
>
> It is guaranteed that objects with a reference count of zero will be
> disposed.

> In my experiments, this happens immediately.

Experiment with an implementation other than CPython and prepare to be
surprised.

Cheers,
Chris
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