Re: [Python-Dev] Multiline with statement line continuation

Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info>:

I simply don't care. They will try it, discover that tuples are not context managers, fix their code, and move on.

*Could* tuples (and lists and sequences) be context managers? *Should* tuples (and lists and sequences) be context managers?

I don't think that some vague similarity between it and tuples is justification for rejecting the proposal.

You might be able to have it bothways. You could have: with (open(name) for name in os.listdir("config")) as files: ... Marko