[Python-ideas] with statement syntax forces ugly line breaks? (original) (raw)
Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Thu Sep 9 15:41:52 CEST 2010
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On 9 September 2010 14:32, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
[snip...] Why do you need to put everything on one line ?
afh = open(args.actual, encoding="utf-8") efh = open(args.expected, encoding="utf-8") with afh, efh: ... In the context of files, the only purpose of the with statement is to close them when leaving the block. >>> a = open('/etc/passwd') >>> b = open('/etc/group')
If my understanding is correct (which is perhaps unlikely...), using a single line will close a if opening b fails. Whereas doing them separately before the with statement risks leaving the first un-exited if creating the second fails.
Michael
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