[Python-Dev] Must objects with __enter__/__exit__ also supply __context__?
Edward Loper
edloper at gradient.cis.upenn.edu
Fri Apr 28 02:16:18 CEST 2006
Nick Coghlan wrote:
> OTOH, if the two protocols are made orthogonal, then it's clear that the
> manager is always the original object with the __context__ method. Then the
> three cases are:
>> - a pure context manager (only provides __context__)
> - a pure managed context (only provides __enter__/__exit__)
> - a managed context which can be its own context manager (provides all three)
+1 on keeping the two protocols orthogonal and using this terminology
(context manager/managed context).
-Edward
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