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Re: Suggested python feature: allowing except in context maneger

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On 13Jun2024 19:44, dieter.maurer@online.de <dieter.maurer@online.de> wrote:
>Why not use:
>```
>try:
>  with open()...
>    ...
>except FileNotFoundError:
>  ...
>```

This is exactly what the OP was expressing dissatisfaction with.

I'm -1 on the idea myself - not every combination of things needs 
additional syntactic support, and doing stuff like merging an `except` 
with a `wtih` is bound to introduce some weird corner case, complicating 
its semantics.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@cskk.id.au>

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