about close a file in Python

Question

I know it is a good habit of using close to close a file if not used any more in Python. I have tried to open a large number of open files, and not close them (in the same Pytho

Answer 1

You do need to close (output) files in Python.

One example of why is to flush the output to them. If you don't properly close files and your program is killed for some reason, the left-open file can be corrupted.

In addition, there is this: Why python has limit for count of file handles?