The :func:`.open` function may be used in a :keyword:`with` statement. When
the :keyword:`with` block completes, the :meth:`~aifc.close` method is called.
-.. versionchanged:: 3.4
- Support for the :keyword:`with` statement was added.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+ Support for the :keyword:`with` statement was added.
Objects returned by :func:`.open` when a file is opened for reading have the
following methods:
The :meth:`~aifc.getparams` method now returns a namedtuple rather than a
plain tuple. (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`17818`.)
+:func:`aifc.open` now supports the context manager protocol: when used in a
+:keyword:`with` block, the :meth:`~aifc.aifc.close` method of the returned
+object will be called automatically at the end of the block. (Contributed by
+Serhiy Storchacha in :issue:`16486`.)
+
argparse
--------