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by atilaneves 807 days ago
Wouldn't the instance state here be "was constructed"? That is: you should always be able to call `Read` because the constructor opened the file, and you shouldn't have to call `Close` anyway because the destructor did.
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I suppose it depends on the API. Some languages require grabbing a handle and calling open. Either way, theory is the same!