From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-09-14T20:16:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Optimizing a single slow method

Hugh Sasse wrote:
>> see an associated block, it doesn't handle the cleanup for you.
>
> Yes, that's right.  I wonder if it is worth the price in garbage
> collection to explicitly close in this case?   Probably not given
> maintenance costs.

The closing isn't that costly.  And if you later change the script you
might run into errors when omitting proper closing of file descriptors.  I
made it a habit to always use the block form (except where not applicable
for application reasons).  That way you're always on the safe side.

Kind regards

    robert