[Newbies] Re: closing WriteStream?

[Jerome Peace]

[Newbies] closing WriteStream?

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>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?
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Look at #streamContents: (and its 300+ senders) for
 a really popular way of doing what you want.

Yours in curiosity and service, --Jerome Peace