On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:53:51 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <4bc9aad...@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, Lie Ryan wrote: > >> Since in python nothing is guaranteed about implicit file close ... > > It is guaranteed that objects with a reference count of zero will be > disposed.
Not all Python implementations have reference counts at all, e.g. Jython and IronPython. Neither of those close files immediately. > In my experiments, this happens immediately. Are your experiments done under PyPy, CLPython, or Pynie? -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
