'with' statement in python ?

[Jeff Sandys]

Gerhard Häring wrote:
> asgard wrote:
> > writing self before every object's method really drives me crazy.
> > self.a = 1
>
> You can use any name instead of self, some people use simply "s", for example.

self drives me nuts too, but I learned to use it after trying "my" and
"_".
I kind of liked underscore, the blank, insert name here idea, but it is
hard 
to verbally communicate.  self is easy to communicate and well
understood.

my.a = 1
_.a = 1

Thanks,
Jeff Sandys