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- Subject: Re: io.close inconsistency
- From: Mildred <ml.mildred593@...>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:05:29 +0100
Le Mon 14/01/2008 à 13:25 Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo à écrit:
> > My understanding was that Lua closed files at program end time.
>
> Yes, because C closes all open files when a program ends normally.
> However, it's recommended that you close all files yourself to guard
> against crashes or bad compilers.
>
Isn't this because lua closes the file when it's garbage collected, and
that the file object (userdata) is only collected at the end for small
programs ?
But, I think the best thing is to always close the file manually
because you neger know when the garbage collector runs.
Mildred
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