[Python-Dev] defmacro (was: Anonymous blocks)

[Greg Ewing]

Jim Jewett wrote:

> defmacro myresource(filename):
>     <make explicit calls to named callback "functions", but 
>       within the same locals() scope.>
> 
> with myresource("thefile"):
>     def reader(): 
>         ...
>     def writer():
>         ...
>     def fn():
>         ....

-1. This is ugly.

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