Method close

nltk/corpus/reader/util.py:217–228

Close the file stream associated with this corpus view. This can be useful if you are worried about running out of file handles (although the stream should automatically be closed upon garbage collection of the corpus view). If the corpus view is accessed a

(self)

            self._stream = open(self._fileid, "rb")

    def close(self):
        """
        Close the file stream associated with this corpus view.  This
        can be useful if you are worried about running out of file
        handles (although the stream should automatically be closed
        upon garbage collection of the corpus view).  If the corpus
        view is accessed after it is closed, it will be automatically
        re-opened.
        """
        if self._stream is not None:
            self._stream.close()
        self._stream = None

    def __enter__(self):
        return self