From 448f0ce488e8f440a62fcd1e469e7a46fb3177f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maarten Boersma <boersma@expected-it.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:15:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] close version file after reading

---
 compiler/globals.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compiler/globals.py b/compiler/globals.py
index 54b7c197..be7f2ca7 100644
--- a/compiler/globals.py
+++ b/compiler/globals.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ from openram import options
 
 
 from openram import OPENRAM_HOME
-VERSION = open(OPENRAM_HOME + "/../VERSION").read().rstrip()
+with open(OPENRAM_HOME + "/../VERSION", "r", encoding="utf-8") as version_file:
+    VERSION = version_file.read().rstrip()
 NAME = "OpenRAM v{}".format(VERSION)
 USAGE = "sram_compiler.py [options] <config file>\nUse -h for help.\n"