Walter Dörwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Michael Hudson wrote: > >> Walter Dörwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> [...] >>>I.e. will VAR still exist after the end of the block with its value >>>the return value of __enter__() or will it revert to the previous >>>value (if any)? >> >> Eh, no. Where would you store the old value? > > I don't know, where does: > > >>> x = 42 > >>> "".join(chr(x) for x in xrange(10)) > '\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\t' > >>> x > 42 > > store it?
In a new frame, AIUI. You'll get a different answer for a list comprehension, as I'm sure you know. Cheers, mwh -- I sense much distrust in you. Distrust leads to cynicism, cynicism leads to bitterness, bitterness leads to the Awareness Of True Reality which is referred to by those-who-lack-enlightenment as "paranoia". I approve. -- David P. Murphy, alt.sysadmin.recovery _______________________________________________ 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
