"Chris Ryland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I hate to add to what could be an endless discussion, but... ;-) > > In this case, "while" is the better time-related prefix, whether > keyword (hopeless, due to ages-old boolean-controlled loop association) > or function, since you want to imply that the code block is going > on *while* the lock is held or *while* the file is open (and you also > want to imply that afterwards, something else happens, i.e., cleanup). > > while_locked(myLock): > # code that needs to hold the lock Ah. You mean 'during' :) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com