Yield inside try...finally

[Bryan]

i thought i just read in another thread that you couldn't/shouldn't put
yield inside of the try block.  does this thread contradict the other
thread?  someone please explain.

thanks,

bryan

"Alan Kennedy" <alanmk at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3EDCEC1F.96CB0766 at hotmail.com...
> Michael Sparks wrote:
>
> > What I'd *like* to do (which doesn't work) is:
> >
> > try:
> >    sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM);
> >    try:
> >       sock.setblocking(0); yield stage.done(0)
> >       try:
> >          sock.connect((self.host, self.port)); yield stage.done(1)
> >          yield newComponent([self.setupCSA(sock)])
> >          while self.waitCSAClose():
> >             yield stage.current(2)
> >          yield stage.done(2)
> >       finally:
> >          result = s.shutdown(1) ; yield stage.done(3)
> >    finally:
> >       sock.close() ; yield stage.done(4)
> > except error, e:
> >    # Would handle error more interestingly here
> >    print stage.lastdone, e
> >
>
> OK, I think this one works now. I've coded and successfully run a dummy
> version which reacts properly, even when exceptions are explicitly raised.
>
> The code below obviously won't run, because the "yield"s are used outside
of a
> function definition. But it is a direct modification of the code you said
you
> would like to have.
>
> You will still have to *guarantee* that the generator is resumed for this
to
> work.
>
> #--------------------------------------------------
>
> class Finality(Exception): pass
>
> try:
>   sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM);
>   try:
>     sock.setblocking(0); yield stage.done(0)
>     try:
>       sock.connect((self.host, self.port)); yield stage.done(1)
>       yield newComponent([self.setupCSA(sock)])
>       while self.waitCSAClose():
>         yield stage.current(2)
>       yield stage.done(2)
>       raise Finality
>     except Exception, x:
>       result = s.shutdown(1) ; yield stage.done(3)
>       raise x
>   except Exception, x:
>     sock.close() ; yield stage.done(4)
>     raise x
> except error, e:
>   # Would handle error more interestingly here
>   print stage.lastdone, e
> except Finality:
>   pass
>
> #--------------------------------------------------
>
> fingers crossed behind back, alan hopes he won't embarass
> himself again, and gives a nervous smilie :-}
>
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