In message <mailman.3332.1238914117.11746.python-l...@python.org>, Terry Reedy wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> All Python objects are reference-counted. > > Nope. Only in CPython, and even that could change. Why should it? >> Once the file object becomes >> inaccessible, it is automatically closed. Simple. > > Even in CPython, that would not be true now is the object became > involved in or became a dependent of a reference cycle. And how exactly would that happen with a file object? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
