On 26.08.2017 04:19, Ethan Furman wrote:
On 08/25/2017 03:32 PM, Yury Selivanov wrote:
A *context variable* is an object representing a value in the execution context. A new context variable is created by calling the ``new_context_var()`` function. A context variable object has two methods:
* ``lookup()``: returns the value of the variable in the current execution context;
* ``set()``: sets the value of the variable in the current execution context.
Why "lookup" and not "get" ? Many APIs use "get" and it's functionality is well understood.
Why not the same interface as thread-local storage? This has been the question which bothered me from the beginning of PEP550. I don't understand what inventing a new way of access buys us here. Python features regular attribute access for years. It's even simpler than method-based access. Best, Sven