[Phillip J. Eby] > FYI, there are still use cases for clearing the exception state in an > __exit__ method, that might justify allowing a true return from __exit__ to > suppress the error. e.g.: [...]
Yes, but aren't those written clearer using an explicit try/except? IMO anything that actually stops an exception from propagating outward is worth an explicit try/except clause, so the reader knows what is happening. -- --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
