On Sep 16, 3:07 pm, Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a construct that's similar to (Turbo) Pascal's "with" > statement. I read about the Python's new "with" statement, but I was > dissapointed to learn that it does something different (I still don't > see how it's better than try..except..finally, but that's not my question). > > Is there something similar to what I want that's Pythonic enough? > > (If you're not familiar with Pascal, here's how it works: > > with some.big.structure.or.nested.objects.element do begin > member1 := something; > member2 := something; > end; > > which exactly translates to this equivalent: > > some.big.structure.or.nested.objects.element.member1 := something; > some.big.structure.or.nested.objects.element.member2 := something; > > i.e. it's a wrist-saver. I think a similar feature exists in C99, for > structs. > > 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.) > > signature.asc > 1KDownload
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