[Python-Dev] PEP 340: Deterministic Finalisation (new PEP draft, either a competitor or update to PEP 340)

[Greg Ewing]

Nick Coghlan wrote:

> "Loop on this iterator and finalise when done" would be written:
> 
>    for item in itr:
>        process(item)
>    finally:
>        pass

This is approaching things from the wrong end. The user of
an iterator shouldn't need to know or care whether it
requires finalization -- it should Just Work, whatever
context it is used in.

Greg