[Python-Dev] PEP 340: Only for try/finally?

[Greg Ewing]

BJörn Lindqvist wrote:

> But why stop there? Lots of functions that takes a callable as
> argument could be upgraded to use the new block syntax.

Actually, this is something that occurred to me in
potential support of a thunk implementation: It's
possible that many functions already out there which
take function arguments could *already* be used with
a thunk-based block statement, without needing to be
re-written at all.

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