infidel wrote: >>def class Colour: >> def __init__(self, blue=0, green=0, red=0): >> # pseudo-Python code borrowing concept "with" from Pascal >> with self: >> blue = blue >> green = green >> red = red >> >>And now you can see why Python doesn't support this idiom. > > > Maybe it would make more sense if it was done a la Visual Basic > > with self: > .blue = blue > .green = green > .red = red > > requiring a dot to be typed removes the ambiguity and gives the IDEs a > chance to Intellisense-ify your coding.
Some made a python recipe emulating this I believe. The python cookbook search engine is down though so I cannot find the link. At one point Guido van Rossum was advocating this use of "with" as well, I believe: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-March/043545.html But I don't think it is being considered now. I think now "with" is being proposed for something more like VB and C#'s "using" statement. It automatically disposes of a resource when done with it: http://wiki.python.org/moin/WithStatement -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
