Feature request: "with ... as" syntax

[Stefan]

Hi,

I have a minor feature request. Would it be possible to support the "as" part of the with statement when working on ontologies? i.e.:

onto = or2.get_ontology(...).load()

with onto as o:
    ...

instead of having to use

with onto:
    ...

...and then working with the full name.
It's a minor thing but it would be convenient in making things a little bit more readable sometimes.

[Jiba]

Hi,

So, when using "with onto as o:", o would be the same as onto, that's right?

For example to write:

with get_ontology(...).load() as o:
      o.x.y = z

Jiba

[Stefan]

Yes, that's how I'd intuitively try to use it.

The reason is that my ontology is part of an object, and I'd prefer to not have to write objectname.onto every time.

[Stefan]

> with get_ontology(...).load() as o:
>       o.x.y = z

This is interesting, too, but I don't think it would be as useful, because it seems to me like the lifetime of the ontology would be limited to the with block.

I'm thinking more along the lines of

longnameontology = get_ontology(...).load()

with longnameontology as o:
    o.x.y = z

[Jiba]

Hi,

I've added "with onto as o" in the development version.

Enjoy,
Jiba

[Stefan]

Thanks!