Slight irritation with try/finally indentation

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1020525489.5008.python-list at python.org>,
=?iso-8859-1?q?Fran=E7ois?= Pinard <pinard at iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>[Bengt Richter]
>>
>> what about the bigger picture? E.g.,:
>>
>>     try:
>>         acquire_resources()
>>         try:
>>             process()
>>         finally:
>>             release_resources()
>>     except AcquireResourceFailure:
>>        handle_resource_acquisition_failure()
>>     except ProcessFailure:
>>        handle_process_failure()
>>     else:
>>        wrap_up_clean_process_completion()
>
>I see your idea, Bengt, but I fear it would not be practical in my case.
>As I use such constructs a bit all over the place and very often in the
>application I am working on, bloating every occurrence would be unfortunate
>for the overall aspect of the program.
>
>Your suggestion would be very welcome if used only a few times, near the
>outer extent of the overall organisation of a big program.

I think Bengt would suggest (and I *know* Alex would suggest) that you
wrap all this up in a function where you pass in function pointers.
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