Method close

Lib/_pyio.py:387–396

Flush and close the IO object. This method has no effect if the file is already closed.

(self)

    __closed = False

    def close(self):
        """Flush and close the IO object.

        This method has no effect if the file is already closed.
        """
        if not self.__closed:
            try:
                self.flush()
            finally:
                self.__closed = True

    def __del__(self):
        """Destructor.  Calls close()."""