Python''s "with" statement is great for resource handling. However I find
my self struggling with naming (and naming
is important) the context manager variable.
When you write "with
open(''/path/to/somethere'') as X", what''s the best name for X? In some cases it''s obvious, but in
most cases I find myself using the generic "fo" (stands for "file object").
I decided to run a little script on Python''s 3.4 Lib directory and find out what is the most common
name. Here are the results:
Seems like f is the most common, but I really don''t like single letter variables.
I''ll go with the 2nd place - fp.
Here''s the script used to generate this chart:
If it won't be simple, it simply won't be. [Hire me, source code] by Miki Tebeka, CEO, 353Solutions
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