How to close input or output stream when using Kotlin File's extensions

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Do we need to close input or output stream when we use Kotlin's File.readText or File.writeText extensions

file.readText()
file.writeText("something")
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The readText and writeText methods call the use method on the Input and OutputStream. (See: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/blob/30788566012c571aa1d3590912468d1ebe59983d/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/io/FileReadWrite.kt#L108)

According to the documentation this method automatically closes the object afterwards. https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.io/use.html

So there is no need to close it manually.