Suggested python feature: allowing except in context maneger

Yair Eshel wrote at 2024-6-13 13:01 +0300:

...
I would like to suggest an alternative syntax, that will, in a sense, apply
the best of both worlds:
>
import logging
with open('sample_data/README.md') as f:
 print (len(f.read()))
except FileNotFoundError:
 logging.error("File not")

Are you aware that in the case of a `FileNotFoundError`
no context manager is created (the context manager is the `f`
in your code).

Why not use:
try:
  with open()...
    ...
except FileNotFoundError:
  ...


I do not think that your use case requires a `with` extension.



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Dieter