Why no open(f, "w").write()?

[Isaac To]

>>>>> "Donn" == Donn Cave <donn at u.washington.edu> writes:

    Donn> I assume finalization will eventually occur in any case, if only
    Donn> at program exit, so this would only be an issue if the file is
    Donn> needed before then.

No.  Java explicitly says that finalization of objects are not necessarily
done before program exits.  That emulates an object with an infinite
lifetime.

Regards,
Isaac.