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Python vs Java garbage collection?

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Mon Dec 23 04:47:45 EST 2002 
Ype Kingma wrote:

> Untested code:
> 
> def openread(fname):
>     try:
>         fp = open(fname)
>         return fp.read()
>     finally:
>         fp.close()
> 
> Python has enough syntax already.

Really this should be:

	fp = open(fname)
	try:
	    return fp.read()
	finally:
	    fp.close()

If open throws, then the fp name will not be bound, so on the way out
the finally clause will generate a NameError.

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