[Python-ideas] Re: for ... except, with ... except

On Jul 30, 2019, at 11:38 AM, Guido van Rossum guido@python.org wrote:

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  with connect() as stream:  # connect() or __enter__() can fail.
      for data in stream:  # __next__() can fail
          write(data)  # write() can fail

This very much looks like toy networking code to me Because Serhiy presented his idea in just about the simplest, clearest possible example, rather than something more complicated which a lot of people might not bother to read. (Don't get me wrong - I'm not definitely convinced this proposal should be implemented.  I just don't want its merits to be overlooked.)