From 2cc6bd244d89198eed0d46fc1563a19df41563ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vitaliy Mysak <vmysak@bccfe.ca>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 11:03:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add __del__ handling to SubTextIO

---
 src/multicsv/subtextio.py | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/multicsv/subtextio.py b/src/multicsv/subtextio.py
index 76414dd..a8087ed 100644
--- a/src/multicsv/subtextio.py
+++ b/src/multicsv/subtextio.py
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ class allows for convenient and isolated operations within a given
     """
 
     def __init__(self, base_io: TextIO, start: int, end: int):
+        self._initialized = False
+        self._base_io = base_io
+        self._start = start
+        self._end = end
+        self._position = 0  # Position within the SubTextIO
+        self._closed = base_io.closed
+        self._buffer = ""
+
         if end < start or start < 0:
             raise InvalidSubtextCoordinates(
                 f"Invalid range [{start},{end}] passed to SubTextIO.")
@@ -116,13 +124,9 @@ def __init__(self, base_io: TextIO, start: int, end: int):
             raise BaseMustBeReadable("Base io must be readable"
                                      " if existing content is to be modified.")
 
-        self._base_io = base_io
-        self._start = start
-        self._end = end
-        self._position = 0  # Position within the SubTextIO
-        self._closed = base_io.closed
         self._load()
         self._initial_length = self.buffer_length
+        self._initialized = True
 
     def _load(self) -> None:
         """
@@ -350,3 +354,10 @@ def __exit__(self,
                  exc_val: Optional[BaseException],
                  exc_tb: Optional[object]) -> None:
         self.close()
+
+    def __del__(self) -> None:
+        if self._initialized:
+            try:
+                self.close()
+            except BaseIOClosed:
+                pass