On Tue, Apr 25, 2006, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On 4/24/06, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Let's go back to a pseudo-coded with statement: >> >> with EXPRESSION [as NAME]: >> BLOCK >> >> What happens while BLOCK is being executed? Again, here's what I said >> originally: >> >> EXPRESSION returns a value that the with statement uses to create a >> context (a special kind of namespace). The context is used to >> execute the BLOCK. The block might end normally, get terminated by >> a break or return, or raise an exception. No matter which of those >> things happens, the context contains code to clean up after the >> block. > > I strongly object to your use of the term "namespace" here. The with > statement does *not* create a new namespace. Using the term namespace > will only confuse people who understand what it means (in Python) -- > we have the global namespace, the builtin namespace, the local > namespace, classes introduce a new namespace, etc. The with-statement > does *not* create a namespace in this sense -- there's no new place > where name lookup can take place.
Right -- I've already been chastised for that. Unless someone has a better idea, I'm going to call it a "wrapper". -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours." --Richard Bach _______________________________________________ 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
