2 docs tagged with "with-statement"

We've seen that the standard, safe way to work with files is by using the with statement. This pattern is not unique to files; it's a general mechanism for managing resources in Python. Any object that can be used in a with statement is called a context manager.

Throughout our articles on file I/O, we've consistently used a specific structure block. We mentioned that it's the "modern, safe, and recommended" way to handle files, but we haven't explained why.