[Python-Dev] Possible py3k io wierdness

[Greg Ewing]

Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> Your proposal looks sane, although the fact that a semi-private method
> (starting with an underscore) is designed to be overriden in some classes is a
> bit annoying.

The only other way I can see is to give up any attempt
in the base class to ensure that flushing occurs before
closing, and make that the responsibility of the derived
class.

-- 
Greg