[Python-Dev] exec/with thunk-handling proposal

Gerald S. Williams gsw@agere.com
Mon, 3 Feb 2003 09:27:20 -0500


holger krekel wrote:
> I think we can may get away with only a "weak" keyword
> and allow the aforementioned encapsulation of execution 
> events into an object like this:
> 
>     exec expr [with params]: suite

I was about to propose something similar. This looks like
it can be unified with what Guido proposed.

> regards and interested in comments,

An observation:

Used like this, "with" looks like an alias for "lambda"
(providing default values for all parameters).

-Jerry