[Python-Dev] 'With' context documentation draft (was Re: Terminology for PEP 343

[Michael Hudson]

Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> writes:

> Ron Adam wrote:
>>      3. The "with" documentation could possibly be grouped with or after 
>> the "try" documentation as it may be easier to understand in that context.
>
> I was looking for an appropriate place in the tutorial to put a couple of 
> usage examples - a new subsection immediately after the introduction of 
> try/finally (8.7, IIRC) seemed to make the most sense.
>
> However, I figured that bit could wait until I had a chance to play with an 
> actual implementation.

http://python.org/sf/1235943

(I have a more recent patch at home, which better implements the
__future__ stuff in the compiler package -- not a very big thing).

Probably also want to test with Phillip's PEP 342 patch:

http://python.org/sf/1223381

(I haven't done this, there are probably conflicts).

Cheers,
mwh

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