[Python-ideas] switch statement as context manager?

[Mathias Panzenböck]

You don't need a context manger here:

switch = lambda value: lambda other: value == other

case = switch(foobar)
if case(1): pass
if case(2): pass


But I don't think this is at all useful. Maybe if case does something more complex than == (e.g. isinstance for classes 
and matching of regular expressions etc.). But than it's a bit of black magic. What if value and other both are classes 
or regular expressions?

Other version:

case = foobar.__eq__
if case(1): pass
if case(2): pass

Am 2014-02-10 15:31, schrieb Sturla Molden:
> I've noticed that PyExt has a switch statement implemented as a context
> manager.
>
> with switch(foobar):
>      if case(1): pass
>      if case(2): pass
>
> Would this be something to consider for the standard lib, e.g. contextlib?
>
> Sturla
>