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[Caml-list] Why do input* and readdir throw End_of_file ... annoying!

Richard Jones
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Date:	-- (:)
From:	Michal Moskal <malekith@p...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] Why do input* and readdir throw End_of_file ... annoying!

On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 06:01:32PM +0100, Richard Jones wrote:
> (Another minor point - do I need to call closedir, or will the garbage
> collector do that for me?)

Even if it does, I wouldn't relay on it -- you never know when it runs,
and if your objects are actually GCed. So if there is risk of running
out of file descriptors -- close it.

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