Failure of spyder/python to flush file write buffer

[Stephen Derenzo]

Anaconda community,

I am using Spyder 5.05 on a 2019 MacBook Pro with OS 11.5.2 (Big Sur). I find that the python file write command does not complete the file, even when using the flush command. I attach the .py file and a typical output file that is missing the last 13 lines.

Thanks,

Stephen

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Stephen E. Derenzo
Senior Physicist
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA 94720
sede...@lbl.gov

[David Wilkins]

Try outfile.flush() and outfile.close()



> On Sep 13, 2021, at 9:00 PM, Stephen Derenzo <sede...@lbl.gov> wrote:
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> <output_flush_test.py>

[Stephen Derenzo]

David,

Thanks. Adding () after the flush and close calls was essential. Their omission should have been detected by Python as a code error.

Stephen

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[Toby, Brian H.]

No, it should not be a code error. Python allows you to write code where variables point to routines. 

Silly example, but I do use this type of coding:

if keepOpen:

    useme = outfile.flush

else:

    useme = outfile.close

…

useme()

It is often useful to pass a function or method into a routine so it can be called where needed. 

Brian

[David Wilkins]

x = outfile.close # Assigns the function close to x
outfile.close # Usually an error, but returns the close function (does NOT call the function)

# When is anything like this useful?

debug = print

debug(x, y, z) # prints values of x, y and z but also makes clear this is just for debugging not a “real” print statement we need to keep.

# Another case : a function may have a long name collaborate_and_materialize( )
snappy = collaborate_and_materialize # Now you can call it using snappy

# Ideally, python should issue a gentle warning for outfile.close # Did you mean to call the close function? if so, do outfile.close()

Dave

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