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Maybe there should be a context manager?

• nerdponx 4y ago
  Absolutely. It's not that hard to write your own though: import locale from contextlib import contextmanager @contextmanager def use_locale(*args, **kwargs): locale.setlocale(*args, **kwargs) yield locale.resetlocale() Contextlib is one of the under-appreciated gems in Python: https://docs.python.org/3/library/contextlib.html#contextlib.contextmanager https://docs.python.org/3/library/contextlib.html#contextlib...
  • catskul2 4y ago
    > Maybe there should be a context manager? Even despite the: > Absolutely. My absolute least favorite response to this is: > It's not that hard to write your own though:
    • nerdponx 4y ago
      The alternative is trying to get one merged into the standard library. At least writing your own is better than not having one!
      • catskul2 4y ago
        I often see this answer as a reason it's not particularly important to have on in a standard library. I strongly disagree with that sentiment as often these simple things have subtle gotchas, and/or subtle differences in possible net effects creating much bigger problems than their diminutive implementations would suggest.
        • nerdponx 4y ago
          I generally feel the same way as you. My comment about getting it merged was not meant to imply that it shouldn't get merged, but that it might be difficult to. I find it very hard to predict which of these small QoL features will be accepted by the core devs and which features will be rejected for some reason or other.
• kzrdude 4y ago
  Does not really help parallel code
  • dolmen 4y ago
    Use a global lock in the context manager. Or use a programming language that doesn't rely on libc for locales.