readlines() question

[Moshe Zadka]

On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Doug Stanfield wrote:

<a very good explanation of file objects, concluding with an example>
> Your example would then have to be:
> 
> my_file = open('file')
> contents = my_file.readlines()
> 
> # Use the file object in any other way you need here.
> 
> my_file.close()

Ummmmm...I'm known as a professional paranoid in many places, so I usually
code like:

my_file = open("blah")
try:
	...my_file.read, my_file.readlines, etc.
finally:
	my_file.close()

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