[Python-ideas] Avoiding nested for try..finally: atexit for functions?

[Jan Kaliszewski]

Sven Marnach dixit (2011-10-20, 16:11):

> Why introduce an error handler at all?  If you want to handle
> exceptions inside the with statement, an explicit try-except block
> would be both more convenient (you don't need an extra function
> definition) and more flexible (you can use - say - 'except
> ValueError:' to just catch some exceptions).  To give an example, I'd
> really prefer
> 
>     with CleanupManager() as cleanup:
>         try:
>             # do stuff
>         except ValueError:
>             # handle exception

You are right, that error handler is redundant.

Except that, my code mimics the nested structure of try-finally clauses
from the primary OP's example. 

Cheers.
*j