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<qhelp>
<overview>
<p>The <code>with</code> statement was introduced by PEP343 to allow standard uses of
<code>try-finally</code> statements to be factored out. Using this simplification makes code easier
to read.</p>
</overview>
<recommendation>
<p>Review the code and determine whether or not the <code>try-finally</code> is used only to ensure
that a resource is closed. If the only purpose is to ensure that a resource is closed, then replace
the <code>try-finally</code> statement with a <code>with</code> statement.</p>
</recommendation>
<example>
<p>The following code shows examples of different ways of ensuring that a file is always closed, even
when an error is generated. In the second example, the <code>try-finally</code> block is replaced by
a simpler <code>with</code> statement.</p>
<sample src="ShouldUseWithStatement.py" />
</example>
<references>
<li>Python Language Reference: <a href="http://docs.python.org/reference/compound_stmts.html#the-with-statement">The with
statement</a>.</li>
<li>Python Standard Library: <a href="http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#context-manager-types">Context manager
</a>.</li>
<li>Python PEP 343: <a href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0343">The "with" Statement</a>.</li>
</references>
</qhelp>