[Python-Dev] Extended Function syntax

[Greg Ewing]

Samuele Pedroni <pedronis@bluewin.ch>:

> with myfile = auto_closing_file('blah.txt', 'rb'):
>   for line in myfile:
>    ...
>
> With Guido's 'do', you could define an iterclose():
> 
> do iterclose(open('blah.txt','rb')): (line):
>    ...
> 
> Btw, the two snippets illustrate quite well the different evolutive directions'
> on the table.

I must say that, for this particular usage at least, I find
the first one a darn sight easier to follow than the second!

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