Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax]

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Subject	Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax]
Date	Sat, 28 Mar 2015 13:44:26 +0000
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On 28/03/2015 12:58, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 11:26 pm, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>
>> On 28/03/2015 06:26, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>>> Pascal is another language with a construct like that, and there's a FAQ
>>> for it:
>>>
>>>
> https://docs.python.org/2/faq/design.html#why-doesn-t-python-have-a-with-statement-for-attribute-assignments
>
>
>
>>   >>> help('FAQ')
>> no Python documentation found for 'FAQ'
>>
>> Less than useless, now what?
>
>
> Did you try googling?
>
> help("google")

Fails in just the same way.  Do I raise a bug report on the issue tracker?

>
> Or you could read the URL I gave earlier.
>

I don't want to read URLs, I prefer the interactive help.  Besides which 
you could be trying to lure me to a site where I'd catch a cold, or 
virus, or whatever it's called.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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Re: Proposal for new minor syntax Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-03-28 10:39 +1100
  Re: Proposal for new minor syntax Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 01:33 +0100
    Re: Proposal for new minor syntax Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-27 18:55 -0600
      Re: Proposal for new minor syntax Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-27 21:18 -0700
        VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-28 17:26 +1100
          Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 17:40 +1100
          Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-03-28 12:26 +0000
            Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-28 23:58 +1100
              Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-03-28 13:44 +0000
          Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 09:21 -0700
            Re: VB/Pascal with statement [was Re: Proposal for new minor syntax] Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 09:32 -0700
        Re: Proposal for new minor syntax Giorgos Tzampanakis <giorgos.tzampanakis@gmail.com> - 2015-04-08 22:11 +0000

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