Close an open h5py data file

Question

In our lab we store our data in hdf5 files trough the python package h5py.

At the beginning of an experiment we create an hdf5

Answer 1

This is how it could be done (I could not figure out how to check for closed-ness of the file without exceptions, maybe you will find):

import gc
for obj in gc.get_objects():   # Browse through ALL objects
    if isinstance(obj, h5py.File):   # Just HDF5 files
        try:
            obj.close()
        except:
            pass # Was already closed

Another idea:

Dpending how you use the files, what about using the context manager and the with keyword like this?

with h5py.File("some_path.h5") as f:
   f["data1"] = some_data

When the program flow exits the with-block, the file is closed regardless of what happens, including exceptions etc.