[Tutor] Program review

[Kent Johnson]

Jeff Younker wrote:

> Or if you're using python 2.5 then you can use with statements:
> 
> from __future__ import with_statements
> from contextlib import closing
> ...
> def mails(self):
>     with closing(open_file(self.direcciones)) as fIncl:
>            with closing(open_file(self.excluidas)) as fExcl:

closing() is not needed, this can be written as
     with open_file(self.direcciones) as fIncl:
            with open_file(self.excluidas) as fExcl:

because open files are context managers.
Or,
from contextlib import nested
     with nested(open_file(self.direcciones), open_file(self.excluidas)) 
as (fIncl, fExcl):

> As you have it written it terminates, but it also silently consumes the
> exception.  If something goes wrong with your program then there is
> no way of diagnosing the problem because the failure cause is never
> reported.

The exception is written to the log. He may not want the traceback 
printed to the console.

Kent