In message <01e842d6$0$20654$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Firstly, what you describe is an implementation detail of CPython, not > Python the language. Jython does not close files as soon as they become > inaccessible, and IronPython and CLPython may not. That's a limitation of Java-like virtual machines, which I have no intention of condonig. > Secondly, even in CPython things may not be so simple. Not all file-like > objects are built-in file objects. Why is this relevant? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
