Python’s “with as” Statement in Julia, JavaScript, Lua and Other Languages
3 min readMar 19, 2019
One of the challenges for me to grasp the with as
feature in Python, its need is not apparent unless you have a deeper understanding of the limits of the Python language.
A Ruby, Julia, Lua, Go, JavaScript or Swift developer for instance would not need this statement added. Why is that?
At the heart of the problem is a cherished feature by many Python developers: the use of indentation to indicate code blocks.