Opening files without closing them

[Robert Kern]

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Robert Kern wrote:
> 
>>>I usually use:
>>>
>>>try:
>>>  f = open(file)
>>>  contents = f.read()
>>>finally:
>>>  f.close()
>>>
>>>But now I am wondering if that is the same thing. Which method would
>>>you rather use? Why?
>>
>>Just keep doing what you are doing, please.
> 
> Note quite.  The assignment of the resources to its variable needs to be 
> done before the try:
> 
> 	f = open(file)
> 	try:
> 	    contents = f.read()
> 	finally:
> 	    f.close()

Yes, you are correct.

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Robert Kern
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