Fixed #18154 -- Documentation on closing File objects and best practices

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Gabe Jackson 2012-06-07 14:08:46 +02:00 committed by Chris Beaven
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@ -75,6 +75,29 @@ using a Python built-in ``file`` object::
Now you can use any of the documented attributes and methods
of the :class:`~django.core.files.File` class.
Be aware that files created in this way are not automatically closed.
The following approach may be used to close files automatically::
>>> from django.core.files import File
# Create a Python file object using open() and the with statement
>>> with open('/tmp/hello.world', 'w') as f:
>>> myfile = File(f)
>>> for line in myfile:
>>> print line
>>> myfile.closed
True
>>> f.closed
True
Closing files is especially important when accessing file fields in a loop
over a large number of objects:: If files are not manually closed after
accessing them, the risk of running out of file descriptors may arise. This
may lead to the following error:
IOError: [Errno 24] Too many open files
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