On 8/19/06, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alternatively, someone who prefers your style (with a tearDown() method that > can handle a partially executed call to the setUp() method), can just write > it as: > > def setUp(self) > try: > lock_file(testfile) # open_socket(), connect_to_database(), etc > something_that_may_raise_an_exception() > except: > self.tearDown() > raise > > def tearDown(self): > if file_is_locked(testfile): > unlock_file(testfile) > > Consider the parallel to PEP 343's __enter__ and __exit__ methods - __exit__ > is allowed to assume that it will only be called if __enter__ succeeded, > because that is part of the semantics of the with statement.
I can accept that. Any thoughts on the other four items? Collin Winter _______________________________________________ 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