Opening files without closing them

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"Bryan" <belred at gmail.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.2870.1141783685.27775.python-list at python.org...
> if i really want to handle the exception, then i handle it at a
conceptually
> "higher" level by wrapping it in an exception which is basically what some
> higher-level routine would do anyways.
>
>
> try:
>      f = open('file)
>      try:
>          # do something
>      finally:
>          f.close()
> except IOError:
>      # handle exceptions
>
I like this idea also. Thanks to all who helped me understand..
Louis