Is it possible to ensure the __exit__()
method is called even if there is an exception in __enter__()
?
>>> class TstContx(object):
... def __enter__(self):
... raise Exception('Oops in __enter__')
...
... def __exit__(self, e_typ, e_val, trcbak):
... print "This isn't running"
...
>>> with TstContx():
... pass
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "<stdin>", line 3, in __enter__
Exception: Oops in __enter__
>>>
Edit
This is as close as I could get...
class TstContx(object):
def __enter__(self):
try:
# __enter__ code
except Exception as e
self.init_exc = e
return self
def __exit__(self, e_typ, e_val, trcbak):
if all((e_typ, e_val, trcbak)):
raise e_typ, e_val, trcbak
# __exit__ code
with TstContx() as tc:
if hasattr(tc, 'init_exc'): raise tc.init_exc
# code in context
In hind sight, a context manager might have not been the best design decision
Like this:
import sys
class Context(object):
def __enter__(self):
try:
raise Exception("Oops in __enter__")
except:
# Swallow exception if __exit__ returns a True value
if self.__exit__(*sys.exc_info()):
pass
else:
raise
def __exit__(self, e_typ, e_val, trcbak):
print "Now it's running"
with Context():
pass
To let the program continue on its merry way without executing the context block you need to inspect the context object inside the context block and only do the important stuff if __enter__
succeeded.
class Context(object):
def __init__(self):
self.enter_ok = True
def __enter__(self):
try:
raise Exception("Oops in __enter__")
except:
if self.__exit__(*sys.exc_info()):
self.enter_ok = False
else:
raise
return self
def __exit__(self, e_typ, e_val, trcbak):
print "Now this runs twice"
return True
with Context() as c:
if c.enter_ok:
print "Only runs if enter succeeded"
print "Execution continues"
As far as I can determine, you can't skip the with-block entirely. And note that this context now swallows all exceptions in it. If you wish not to swallow exceptions if __enter__
succeeds, check self.enter_ok
in __exit__
and return False
if it's True
.