[Python-ideas] adding an __exec__ method to context managers?

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Tue Oct 13 09:22:31 CEST 2009


Carl Johnson writes:

 > Frankly I think this list is going to face proposals for some block
 > substitute or another every couple months between now and whenever
 > Python finally allows for some more readable way of passing functions
 > to other functions.

I suspect all the blockheads<wink> will switch to Ruby before Python
gets such a facility, given that lambda itself is considered an
unfortunate un-Pythonic legacy by many, and lambda-with-suite quite
beyond the pale.

This use of with is the most plausible I've seen, though, I have to
admit that.




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