for line in open(filename)

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Published on 2009-09-25T17:47:07Z Indexed on 2010/05/28 2:01 UTC
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I frequently see python code similar to

for line in open(filename):
    do_something(line)

When does filename get closed with this code?

Would it be better to write

with open(filename) as f:
    for line in f.readlines():
        do_something(line)

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