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		atilaneves on March 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Representing State as Interfaces in Go 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.

tonyhb on March 30, 2024 [–]

I suppose it depends on the API. Some languages require grabbing a handle and calling open. Either way, theory is the same!

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