[Python-Dev] With statement (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh@python.net
Wed, 05 Feb 2003 17:34:30 +0000

Oren Tirosh <oren-py-d@hishome.net> writes:

Umm... after reading this sentence a few times, I am still not sure what information it conveys to me about your opinion of the idea.

Was that a +1, +0, -0 or -1?

-IDONTCAREVERYMUCH, I think.

Reading I-don't-know-how-many-hundred posts on this kind of topic is starting to get to me. You might want to try asking me next week.

2) Without the ability to define a scope at will, RAiI becomes less useful. local f=open('sdaskdfjhaslk') ... del l

But then you probably want a try/finally block... oh hang on, the frame in the traceback structure will hold a reference. I think that kills it, YMMV.

Cheers, M.

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