[Python-Dev] PEP 340 - Remaining issues - keyword

[Guido van Rossum]

[Greg Ewing]
> How about 'do'?
> 
>    do opening(filename) as f:
>      ...
> 
>    do locking(obj):
>      ...
> 
>    do carefully(): # :-)
>      ...

I've been thinking of that too. It's short, and in a nostalgic way
conveys that it's a loop, without making it too obvious. (Those too
young to get that should Google for do-loop. :-)

I wonder how many folks call their action methods do() though.

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