I'm getting a kick out of watching the discussions on Python-Dev, the mailing list for Python development. It's fun to see a new syntax proposal, evaluate it on my own, and try to predict the reaction by the group. Watching in real time makes it more fun.

For example, here's a syntax that was just suggested by Nick Coghlan:

def my_resource():
  print "Hi!"   # Do entrance code
  continue      # Go on with the contents of the 'with' block
  print "Bye!"  # Do exit code 

The intent is to integrate this into PEP 310. The word "continue" is a very appropriate English word, and the syntax is technically unambiguous. However, there's some risk that coders will misplace the continue keyword in code not intended to be used as a resource, causing a "def" statement to surprisingly generate a resource rather than a function. My guess is that risk is not large enough to dismiss the idea, and some other risk will make it more controversial. I wonder what it will be. The level of insightfulness among the group is incredible.