Re: Suggested python feature: allowing except in context maneger

On 2024-06-13 23:49, Cameron Simpson via Python-list wrote:

On 13Jun2024 19:44, dieter.maurer@online.de <dieter.maurer@online.de> wrote:

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

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This is exactly what the OP was expressing dissatisfaction with.
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I'm -1 on the idea myself - not every combination of things needs additional syntactic support, and doing stuff like merging an `except` with a `wtih` is bound to introduce some weird corner case, complicating its semantics.

I agree. If python allowed statement lambdas you could write what you want above within the language (albeit a bit clumsily). It's very handy.
jan

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Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@cskk.id.au>