Question

Just learning about with statements especially from this article

question is, can I pass an argument to __enter__?

I have code like this:

class clippy_runner:
    def __enter__(self):
        self.engine = ExcelConnection(filename = "clippytest\Test.xlsx")
        self.db = SQLConnection(param_dict = DATASOURCES[STAGE_RELATIONAL])

        self.engine.connect()
        self.db.connect()

        return self

I’d like to pass filename and param_dict as parameters to __enter__. Is that possible?

Answer 1

Yes, you can get the effect by adding a little more code.

    #!/usr/bin/env python

    class Clippy_Runner( dict ):
        def __init__( self ):
            pass
        def __call__( self, **kwargs ):
            self.update( kwargs )
            return self
        def __enter__( self ):
            return self
        def __exit__( self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb ):
            self.clear()

    clippy_runner = Clippy_Runner()

    print clippy_runner.get('verbose')     # Outputs None
    with clippy_runner(verbose=True):
        print clippy_runner.get('verbose') # Outputs True
    print clippy_runner.get('verbose')     # Outputs None