[Python-ideas] switch statement as context manager?

[Ned Batchelder]

On 2/11/14 10:37 AM, Ryan Gonzalez wrote:
> Because it doesn't /look /like one.

If it *is* one, it's a good thing to *look* like one.

PS: could you bottom-post?  It makes it easier to follow the thread. 
Thanks :)

--Ned.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com 
> <mailto:rosuav at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 2:22 AM, Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:rymg19 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > It looks cooler. It also feels slightly less aggravating.
>     >
>     >
>     > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Greg Ewing
>     <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz <mailto:greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz>>
>     > wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Sturla Molden wrote:
>     >>>
>     >>> 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
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> What advantage does this have over an if-else chain?
>     >>
>     >
>
>     Since it fundamentally _is_ an if chain (without the elses), how does
>     it feel less aggravating than one?
>
>     ChrisA
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> Ryan
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> simple: "It's becauseslejfp23(@#Q*(E*EIdc-SEGFAULT. Wait, I don't 
> think that was nul-terminated."
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