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Re: Default scope of variables

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Date Sun, 7 Jul 2013 08:13:43 -0500 (CDT)
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On Fri, 5 Jul 2013, Chris Angelico wrote:

> Oh. Uhm... ahh... it would have helped to mention that it also has a
> commit() method! But yes, that's correct; if the object expires (this
> is C++, so it's guaranteed to call the destructor at that close brace
> - none of the Python vagueness about when __del__ is called) without
> commit() being called, then the transaction will be rolled back.

If one wants to duplicate this kind of behavior in Python, that's what 
context managers are for combined with a `with` block, which does 
guarantee that the __exit__ method will be called - in this case it could 
be something as simple as:

from contextlib import contextmanager

@contextmanager
def new_transaction(conn):
     tran = conn.begin_transaction()
     yield tran
     if not tran.committed:
         tran.rollback()



Which you would then use like:


conn = create_conn()
with new_transaction(conn) as tran:
      rows_affected = do_query_stuff(tran)
      if rows_affected == 42:
           tran.commit()



And then you get the desired constructor/destructor behavior of having 
guaranteed that code will be executed at the start and at the end. You can 
wrap things in try/catch for some error handling, or write your own 
context manager class.

HTH,
Wayne

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  Re: Default scope of variables Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-04 14:07 +1000
    Re: Default scope of variables Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-04 05:32 +0000
      Re: Default scope of variables Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-04 15:47 +1000
        Re: Default scope of variables Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-04 16:38 +0000
          Re: Default scope of variables Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-05 02:58 +1000
          Re: Default scope of variables Wayne Werner <wayne@waynewerner.com> - 2013-07-07 08:13 -0500
          Re: Default scope of variables Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-07 23:43 +1000
            Re: Default scope of variables Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-07 16:03 +0000
              Re: Default scope of variables Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-08 10:46 +1000
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                Re: Default scope of variables Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 16:13 +1000
                Re: Default scope of variables "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2013-07-09 09:35 +0200
                Re: Default scope of variables Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 17:45 +1000
                Re: Default scope of variables Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-09 01:56 -0600
                Re: Default scope of variables "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2013-07-09 10:22 +0200
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                Re: Default scope of variables Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-07-09 12:19 -0700
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          Re: Default scope of variables Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-08 10:48 +1000
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      Re: Default scope of variables Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-07-04 03:06 -0400
        Re: Default scope of variables Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-04 15:52 +0000
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            Re: Default scope of variables Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-07-04 22:03 -0400
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            Re: Default scope of variables Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-05 03:27 +0100
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