Python Feature Request: Add the "using" keyword which works like "with" in Visual Basic

[Bjoern Schliessmann]

samjnaa at gmail.com wrote:

> In Visual Basic there is the keyword "with" which allows an
> object- name to be declared as governing the following statements.
> For example:
> 
> with quitCommandButton
>  .enabled = true
>  .default = true
> end with
> 
> This is syntactic sugar for:
> 
> quitCommandButton.enabled=true
> quitCommandButton.default=true

Personally, I'd never use it. In more complex modules, when you are
looking for, e. g., self.myVar and anotherObject.myVar,
this "using" statement decreases readability and maintainability
(in full text searching). IMHO.

Regards,


Björn

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