with statement
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Under the hood, this is what happens, the __exit__ method is called when the with block is completed.
class FileManager:
def __init__(self, filename, mode):
self.filename = filename
self.mode = mode
def __enter__(self):
self.file = open(self.filename, self.mode)
return self.file
def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
self.file.close()
# using the custom context manager
with FileManager('example.txt', 'w') as file:
file.write('Hello, World!')