Re: [ANN] Lua 5.4.0 (alpha) now available

["Soni \"They/Them\" L." <fakedme@...>]

On 2019-06-20 4:06 p.m., Hugo Musso Gualandi wrote:
> In Python the equivalent metamethod is called __exit__
>
> (There is also a corresponding method called __enter__, which is called at the start of the scope)
>
>
>
> >Actually it would be nice if someone could come up with a word that
> >coul 
> >express the real concept clearly. For example: "at_scope_end" (or and 
> >"__at_scope_end" as a metamethod. Of course those are UGLY.
> >
> >Maybe "atend"? It's more explicit than "toclose" since actually 
> >describes that something happens when execution flow reaches the "end" 
> >keyword. "__atend" is not bad as a metamethod.

local <with> foo = bar --> calls bar's __enter metamethod?
end --> calls bar's __exit metamethod?

this also has the benefit of handling nested scopes as well, I guess?