[Newbies] closing WriteStream?

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 26.11.2008, at 02:10, Mr. Timothy C. Johnson wrote:

> 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?

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 ;)

- Bert -