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@@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ I/O Base Classes
is usual for each of the lines provided to have a line separator at the
end.
+ .. method:: __del__()
+
+ Prepare for object destruction. :class:`IOBase` provides a default
+ implementation of this method that calls the instance's
+ :meth:`~IOBase.close` method.
+
.. class:: RawIOBase