[Python-Dev] pre-PEP: Resource-Release Support for Generators (original) (raw)

Armin Rigo arigo at tunes.org
Tue Sep 16 06:50:04 EDT 2003


Hello Phillip,

On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 11:26:27AM -0400, Phillip J. Eby wrote:

i = iter(something) while 1: try: j=i.next() except StopIteration: break

(...) is already complex enough as a mental model.

Makes sense. Then let's make sure, if both 'with' and 'yield within try:finally' are accepted, that they are compatible, e.g. by having and exit() method on generators (and not just a close()).

Armin



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