Enforce correct file closure #63
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with statement added to ensure file is correctly closed under all circumstances. Although CPython will garbage collect the file object following the read operation, other implementations of Python may not. The file often is not immediately closed and is left to be disguarded at a later unknown point of execution. Additionally, in Python 3.2 or above the current implementation will throw a ResourceWarning exception which must otherwise be caught if enabled. Better safe than sorry.
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withstatement added to ensure file is correctly closed under all circumstances.Although CPython will garbage collect the file object following the read operation, other implementations of Python may not. The file often is not immediately closed and is left to be disguarded at a later unknown point of execution. Additionally, in Python 3.2 or above the current implementation will throw a
ResourceWarningexception which must otherwise be caught if enabled. Better safe than sorry.Source: StackOverflow