> If the use of block-statements becomes common for certain > tasks such as opening files, it seems to me that people are > going to encounter their use around about the same time > they encounter for-statements. We need *something* to > tell these people to enable them to understand the code > they're reading. > > Maybe it would be sufficient just to explain the meanings > of those particular uses, and leave the full general > explanation as an advanced topic.
Right. The block statement is a bit like a chameleon: it adapts its meaning to the generator you supply. (Or maybe it's like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it. :-) -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
