"print >> file" ok. What about "print > file" to truncate?

[David Bolen]

"Andrew Dalke" <dalke at acm.org> writes:

> To create a new file,
> 
>   open("filename", "w")
> 
> This creates the file if it doesn't exist, and truncates it if it does.
> Because of garbage collection, there's no need for an explicit close,
> so that's all you really need to have.

Just remember that leaving the explicit close to the GC might prevent
you from seeing a failure on the close (which could result in a loss
of data).  That may or may not be a problem depending on the use at
hand, but it's something to remain aware of.

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