VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax]

[Mark Lawrence]

On 28/03/2015 12:58, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 11:26 pm, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>
>> On 28/03/2015 06:26, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>>> Pascal is another language with a construct like that, and there's a FAQ
>>> for it:
>>>
>>>
> https://docs.python.org/2/faq/design.html#why-doesn-t-python-have-a-with-statement-for-attribute-assignments
>
>
>
>>   >>> help('FAQ')
>> no Python documentation found for 'FAQ'
>>
>> Less than useless, now what?
>
>
> Did you try googling?
>
> help("google")

Fails in just the same way.  Do I raise a bug report on the issue tracker?

>
> Or you could read the URL I gave earlier.
>

I don't want to read URLs, I prefer the interactive help.  Besides which 
you could be trying to lure me to a site where I'd catch a cold, or 
virus, or whatever it's called.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence