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From: "Neil D. Cerutti" <neilc@norwich.edu>
Subject: Re: Specifying `blocking` and `timeout` when acquiring lock as a context manager
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 14:57:10 -0400
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On 8/8/2014 2:35 PM, Neil D. Cerutti wrote:
> Here's another attempt at context managing:


> @contextlib.contextmanager
> def release_if_acquired(lock, blocking=True, timeout=-1):
>      acquired = lock.acquire(blocking, timeout)
>      if acquired:
>          yield acquired
>          lock.release()
>      else:
>          yield acquired

I should not have used a temporary.

@contextlib.contextmanager
def release_if_acquired(lock, blocking=True, timeout=-1):
      if lock.acquire(blocking, timeout)
          yield True
          lock.release()
      else:
          yield False

-- 
Neil Cerutti