Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Python guarantees[1] that files will be closed, but doesn't specify when > they will be closed. I understand that Jython doesn't automatically close > files until the program terminates, so even if you could rely on the ref > counter to close the files in CPython, it won't be safe to do so in > Jython.
From what I can tell, Java's GC automatically closes file streams, so Jython will behave pretty much like CPython in most cases. I sure haven't been able to make Jython run out by file handles by opening tons of files and discarding the file objects without closing them. Has anyone? </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
