How to handle both `with open(…)` and `sys.stdout` nicely?

Question

Often I need to output data either to file or, if file is not specified, to stdout. I use the following snippet:

if target:
    with open(target, \'w\') as h         


        

Answer 1

The following solution is not a beauty, but from a time long, long ago; just before with ...

handler = open(path, mode = 'a') if path else sys.stdout
try:
    print('stuff', file = handler)
    ... # other stuff or more writes/prints, etc.
except Exception as e:
    if not (path is None): handler.close()
    raise e
handler.close()