closing WriteStream?

>Mr. Timothy C. Johnson tjohnson at iwu.edu
>Wed Nov 26 01:10:46 UTC 2008
>
>
>Hi,
>
>Do I need to worry about closing a WriteStream?  Currently I am working
>like this:
>
>buildStatementFor: anObject
>| statement |
>statement := String new writeStream.
>[
>statement nextPutAll: 'bla bla bla'.
>^ statement contents.
>] ensure: statement close
>
>
>
>... is that not needed?

> Hi,
>
> Do I need to worry about closing a WriteStream?  Currently I am  
> working
> like this:
>
> buildStatementFor: anObject
> | statement |
> statement := String new writeStream.
> [
> statement nextPutAll: 'bla bla bla'.
> ^ statement contents.
> ] ensure: statement close
>
>
>
> ... is that not needed?

>> Do I need to worry about closing a WriteStream?  Currently I am  
>> working
>> like this:
>>
>> buildStatementFor: anObject
>> | statement |
>> statement := String new writeStream.
>> [
>> statement nextPutAll: 'bla bla bla'.
>> ^ statement contents.
>> ] ensure: statement close
>>
>
>Not for an in-memory write stream no.
>
>Note you're missing the block brackets around [statement close].
>
>Also, since this is such a common task, the shorter version is
>
>buildStatementFor: anObject
>
> ^String streamContents: [:statement | statement nextPutAll: 'bla bla  
>bla']
>
>Take a look at #streamContents: which does exactly the same as your  
>code, but you can never get it wrong again ;)