On 24-7-2015 16:57, Neal Becker wrote: > I have code like: > > if (condition): > do_something_needing_cleanup > > code_executed_unconditionally > > <cleanup has to happen here if required, even if above did return, continue > or exception> > > Now, how can I make sure cleanup happens? Actually, what I really would > like, is: > > if (condition): > do_something_needing_cleanup > register_scoped_cleanup (cleanup_fnc) > > code_executed_unconditionally > > > So, any thoughts/hopes of python being able to do something like this? > > I know we have try/finally, but I don't think that helps here, because > code_executed_unconditionally couldn't be inside the try. Or am I missing > something obvious? >
Sounds like you want a context manager, see https://docs.python.org/3/library/contextlib.html#replacing-any-use-of-try-finally-and-flag-variables Irmen -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
