[Python-Dev] Proposed changes to PEP 343

[Michael Hudson]

Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> writes:

> What if we simply special-cased the __with__ slot in type(), such that if it 
> is populated with a generator object, that object is automatically wrapped 
> using the @contextmanager decorator? (Jason actually suggested this idea 
> previously)

<nit>
You don't want to check if it's a generator, you want to check if it's
a function whose func_code has the relavent bit set.
</nit>

Seems a bit magical to me, but haven't thought about it hard.

Cheers,
mwh

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