[ZODB-Dev] ZODB Blob Question

[Christian Theune]

On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 10:09 -0500, Alan Runyan wrote:
> Hi guys.
> 
> At the plone sprint we started reviewing some code that uses Blob.
> The code that we reviewed is working in production although I wanted
> to be clear about the expected usage of Blob.
> 
> ZODB/tests/blob_consume.txt
> 
> says that you *must* close a file before calling consumeFile().  It seems
> the current Plone Blob implementation *does not close the file* before
> calling consumeFile.  And all appears to be working.
> 
> Why must the file be closed before calling consumeFile?
> 
> And would you go as far as saying that if you *do not close* the file
> before calling consumeFile - all bets are off.  You are not using Blob
> as intended?
 
You're definitely not going to be able to work on Windows, which is the
source of the requirements to close handles before moving/deleting
files.

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