Python vs Java garbage collection?
Erik Max Francis
max at alcyone.com
Mon Dec 23 04:47:45 EST 2002
Ype Kingma wrote:
> Untested code:
>
> def openread(fname):
> try:
> fp = open(fname)
> return fp.read()
> finally:
> fp.close()
>
> Python has enough syntax already.
Really this should be:
fp = open(fname)
try:
return fp.read()
finally:
fp.close()
If open throws, then the fp name will not be bound, so on the way out
the finally clause will generate a NameError.
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