> -----Original Message-----
> From: Python-ideas <python-ideas-bounces+tritium-
> list=sdamon....@python.org> On Behalf Of David Teresi
> Sent: Friday, June 8, 2018 2:42 PM
> To: python-ideas@python.org
> Subject: [Python-ideas] A "within" keyword
>
> One of the features I miss from languages such as C# is namespaces that
> work across files - it makes it a lot easier to organize code IMO.
>
> Here's an idea I had - it might not be the best idea, just throwing this out
> there: a "within" keyword that lets you execute code inside a namespace.
> For example:
>
> # A.py
> import types
> cool_namespace = types.SimpleNamespace()
>
>
> within cool_namespace:
> def foo():
> print("foo run")
>
>
> #B.py
> import A
> within A.cool_namespace:
> foo() # prints "foo run"
>
>
> Thoughts?
Why not...
cool_namespace = SomeNamespaceContextManager()
with cool_namespace:
def foo():
pass
advantage being it introduces no new keyword. The 'disadvantage' is it would
change semantics of the with statement (as would be required to get the names
defined in the suite of the context manager)
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