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Re: break in a module

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On 18Jun2011 03:50, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
| On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:36:42 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
| > Just to throw another approach into the mix (because I was thinking
| > about the "finally" word), what about:
| > 
| >   raise StopImport
| > 
| > along the lines of generators' "raise StopIteration".
| > 
| > Then the import machinery can catch it, no new keyword is needed and no
| > existing keyword needs feature creeping.
| 
| The only problem is that the importing module needs to catch it, or else 
| you get a traceback. The importer shouldn't need to care what goes in 
| inside the module.

I was thinking the import mechanism itself would catch it, not the user
of the "import" statement. Just as this:

  for i in iterator:
    ...

quietly ceases the loop when the iterator raises StopIteration, the
importer would consider a module that raised StopImport during the import
to have finished its import successfully.

So the caller does an:

  import foo

as normal, with no special wrapping. And the module goes:

  spam()
  if condition:
    raise StopIteration
  ham()
  cheese()

Cheers,
-- 
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Re: break in a module Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-14 16:28 -0700
  Re: break in a module Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> - 2011-06-14 16:51 -0700
    Re: break in a module Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 18:51 -0600
      Re: break in a module Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-15 11:33 +1000
        Re: break in a module Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 20:21 -0600
          Re: break in a module Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> - 2011-06-16 15:09 -0700
        Re: break in a module Dave Angel <davea@ieee.org> - 2011-06-15 00:02 -0400
      Re: break in a module Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> - 2011-06-16 15:07 -0700
        Re: break in a module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-17 09:27 +1000
          Re: break in a module Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> - 2011-06-16 16:29 -0700
            Re: break in a module Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-06-16 18:00 -0600
            Re: break in a module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-17 10:01 +1000
              Re: break in a module Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> - 2011-06-16 18:13 -0700
                Re: break in a module Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-16 19:17 -0700
                Re: break in a module Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> - 2011-06-16 21:21 -0700
                Re: break in a module Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-16 22:53 -0600
        Re: break in a module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-17 00:48 +0000
          Re: break in a module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-17 10:57 +1000
            Re: break in a module Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> - 2011-06-16 18:21 -0700
              Re: break in a module Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-16 19:11 -0700
              Re: break in a module Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-16 19:58 -0600
                Re: break in a module Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> - 2011-06-16 21:24 -0700
                Re: break in a module Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-16 22:50 -0600
                Re: break in a module Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> - 2011-06-16 22:20 -0700
                Re: break in a module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-17 15:56 +1000
                Re: break in a module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-17 06:00 +0000
                Re: break in a module Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> - 2011-06-17 00:09 -0700
                Re: break in a module Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2011-06-18 12:36 +1000
                Re: break in a module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-18 03:50 +0000
                Re: break in a module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-18 14:31 +1000
                Re: break in a module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-18 04:49 +0000
                Re: break in a module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-18 15:06 +1000
                Re: break in a module Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2011-06-21 20:04 +1000
                Re: break in a module Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-06-17 00:25 -0600
    Re: break in a module Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-15 11:33 +1000

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