A "scopeguard" for Python

[Alf P. Steinbach]

* Robert Kern:
> On 2010-03-03 09:39 AM, Mike Kent wrote:
>> What's the compelling use case for this vs. a simple try/finally?
>>
>>     original_dir = os.getcwd()
>>     try:
>>         os.chdir(somewhere)
>>         # Do other stuff
>>     finally:
>>         os.chdir(original_dir)
>>         # Do other cleanup
> 
> A custom-written context manager looks nicer and can be more readable.
> 
> from contextlib import contextmanager
> import os
> 
> @contextmanager
> def pushd(path):
>     original_dir = os.getcwd()
>     os.chdir(path)
>     try:
>         yield
>     finally:
>         os.chdir(original_dir)
> 
> 
> with pushd(somewhere):
>     ...
> 
> 
> I don't think a general purpose ScopeGuard context manager has any such 
> benefits over the try: finally:, though.

I don't think that's a matter of opinion, since one is correct while the other 
is incorrect.


Cheers,

- ALf