The argparse docs don't say who's responsible for closing FileType objects

[alister]

On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 07:16:24 -0800, Bob Kline wrote:

> The subject line pretty much says it all. Should the programmer close
> the file? If the programmer does that, and the user has asked that the
> file object be hooked up to standard in (or standard out) what will
> happen? If the programmer doesn't close it, does it get closed cleanly
> in the face of an exception?
> 
> Thanks!

i would think the principle is always the same

if you open a file close it behind you

using "with" should ensure this always happens
 




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