[Python-Dev] Ruby-style Blocks in Python [Pseudo-PEP]

[tav]

Hey all,

Apologies for bringing up an old issue, but I think I've worked out a
Pythonic syntax for doing Ruby-style blocks. The short of it is:

    with employees.select do (emp):
        if emp.salary > developer.salary:
            return fireEmployee(emp)
        else:
            return extendContract(emp)

I explain in detail in this blog article:

  http://tav.espians.com/ruby-style-blocks-in-python.html

It covers everything from why these are useful to a proposal of how
the new ``do`` statement and __do__ function could work.

Let me know what you think.

My apologies if I've missed something obvious. Thanks!

-- 
love, tav

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