The files will get closed after the garbage collector collects them, CPython will collect them immediately because it uses reference counting, but this is not a guaranteed behavior.

If you use files without closing them in a loop you might run out of file descriptors, that's why it's recommended to use the with statement (if you're using 2.5 you can use from __future__ import with_statement).

The files will get closed after the garbage collector collects them, CPython will collect them immediately because it uses reference counting, but this is not a guaranteed behavior.

If you use files without closing them in a loop you might run out of file descriptors, that's why it's recommended to use the with statement (if you're using 2.5 you can use from __future__ import with_statement).

The files will get closed after the garbage collector collects them, CPython will collect them immediately because it uses reference counting, but this is not a guaranteed behavior.

If you use files without closing them in a loop you might run out of file descriptors, that's why it's recommended to use the with statement (if you're using 2.5 you can use from __future__ import with_statement).

The files will get closed after the garbage collector collects them, CPython will collect them immediately because it uses reference counting, but this is not a guaranteed behavior.

If you use files without closing them in a loop you might run out of file descriptors, that's why it's recommended to use the with statement (if you're using 2.5 you can use from __future__ import with_statement).