read scores file into memory at start

electric_sieve/ElectricSieve.py

@@ -429,8 +429,19 @@ class Scoreboard(GameChild):
         ds = self.display_surface = self.get_display_surface()
         self.scores_path = self.get_resource("score", "path")
         self.most_recent_score = None
+        self.set_scores()
         self.load()
 
+    def set_scores(self):
+        self.scores = []
+        with open(self.scores_path, "r") as fp:
+            for line in fp:
+                fields = line.split()
+                self.scores.append((float(fields[0]), int(fields[1]), fields[2]))
+            fp.close()
+        self.scores = sorted(self.scores, key=itemgetter(0))
+        self.scores = sorted(self.scores, key=itemgetter(1), reverse=True)
+
     def load(self):
         self.sprites = sprites = []
         font_path = self.get_resource("display", "scoreboard-font-path")
@@ -471,18 +482,18 @@ class Scoreboard(GameChild):
                     sprite.location.centerx = x
 
     def get_scores(self):
-        scores = []
-        for line in open(self.scores_path, "r"):
-            fields = line.split()
-            scores.append((float(fields[0]), int(fields[1]), fields[2]))
-        scores = sorted(scores, key=itemgetter(0))
-        return sorted(scores, key=itemgetter(1), reverse=True)
+        return self.scores
 
     def write(self, initials):
         score = int(round(self.get_game().triangles.score))
         fields = str(time()), str(score), initials
-        open(self.scores_path, "a").write(fields[0] + " " + fields[1] + " " + fields[2] + "\n")
+        with open(self.scores_path, "a") as fp:
+            fp.write(fields[0] + " " + fields[1] + " " + fields[2] + "\n")
+            fp.close()
         self.most_recent_score = score, initials
+        self.scores.append((float(fields[0]), int(fields[1]), fields[2]))
+        self.scores = sorted(self.scores, key=itemgetter(0))
+        self.scores = sorted(self.scores, key=itemgetter(1), reverse=True)
         self.load()
 
     def update(self):