Explicit user-exposed Series close/(re-)open functionality
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Description
Currently, the lifetime of file handles used in the backends is tied to the lifetime of a ```Series``` they are contained in. It would be very convenient to offer explicit control over this lifetime by having a public interface to close all handles in a Series (e.g. through ```Series::close()``` and likewise to re-open a closed Series (e.g. through ```Series::reopen()```).
Sidenote: When reopening a ~file~ series, it would be wise to re-read ~the entire file~ the meta-data of all involved files instead of resuing old values stored in this logical API. The reasoning is that the file could be modified externally, resulting in an incosistent state between logical and physical representation.
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