readlines() question

[Bjorn Pettersen]

Aahz Maruch wrote:
> 
> In article <Pine.GSO.4.10.10006092339580.29560-100000 at sundial>,
> Moshe Zadka  <moshez at math.huji.ac.il> wrote:
> >
> >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()
> 
> And if you're *really* paranoid ;-)
> 
> try:
>         my_file = open("blah")
>         ...my_file.read, my_file.readlines, etc.
> finally:
>         my_file.close()
> --
>                       --- Aahz (Copyright 2000 by aahz at netcom.com)

surely <wink>, you mean:

my_file = None
try:
   my_file = open("blah")
   ...my_file.read, my_file.readlines, etc.
finally:
   if my_file is not None:
      my_file.close()

perhaps-more-useful-with-a-database-connection'ly y'rs
-b