[Python-Dev] 'With' context documentation draft (was Re: Terminology for PEP 343

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Thu Jul 7 14:28:00 CEST 2005


Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> writes:

> +1 on @contextmanager
>
> On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 19:47, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
>
>> >      __enter__(self):
>> >      __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback):
>> 
>> These names should be changed to __beginwith__ and __endwith__.  

-1.

> -0.  My fingers are too hardwired to writing "endswith", as in the
> string method of similar name.  ;)
>
> Slightly silly alternative: __within__ and __without__

Meh.

> Otherwise, +0 on __enter__ and __exit__.

+1 from me.

Cheers,
mwh

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