On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 08:55:18PM +0200, phillip.eby wrote: > Modified: > peps/trunk/pep-0343.txt > > + "context manager" then encompasses all objects with a __context__() > + method that returns a context object. (This means that all contexts > + are context managers, but not all context managers are contexts).
This change reminds of another question I had about the parenthetical statement: all contexts are context managers (= 'has a __context__' method). Why? The context object isn't necessarily available to the Python programmer, so they can't write: with context_mgr as context: with context: # uses the same context ... Why do contexts need to have a __context__() method? --amk _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com