Ivan Voras wrote: > I'm looking for a construct that's similar to (Turbo) Pascal's > "with" statement.
Please have a look at the archives -- this is discussed here from time to time. I think last time it was a Visual BASIC fan that asked a similar question. > I know it can be almost always done by using a temporary variable: > > tmp = some.big.structure.or.nested.objects.element > tmp.member1 = something > tmp.member2 = something > > but this looks ugly to me.) Such big, javaish names are much uglier, IMHO. Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #17: fat electrons in the lines -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
