file.close()

[Erik Max Francis]

Ben Finney wrote:

> It seems that nesting the 'try' clauses doesn't scale well.  What if
> fifty files are opened?  Must the nesting level of the 'try' clauses
> be
> fifty also, to close them promptly?

If you're manipulating fifty files in one block, presumably you're doing
so in a uniform way:

	allFiles = [...]
	try:
	    ...
	finally:
	    for eachFile in allFiles:
	        eachFile.close()

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