>>>>> "Benoit" == Benoit de Boursetty <debourse@email.enst.fr> writes:
> And if you write this:
> let f = open_in filename in input_line f;;
> (which is more natural to me)
> you can never close the file you've opened.
> What would the language have to support in order that opened files be
> automatically closed when they get out of reach from the program? Is it
> what is called "finalization"?
Yes, but it should be avoided if possible because of several
restrictions in its semantics. For most uses a construct such as
with_file <name>
(fn f => <body>)
will work just as well but with the guarantee that the file will be
closed at a well specified time.
Stefan "obviously not familiar enough with Caml's syntax"
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