[Python-Dev] Terminology for PEP 343

[Greg Ewing]

Michael Hudson wrote:

> (I think Raymond has identified the problem I have with resource
> manager more clearly then I did; I certainly don't think I'd realise
> what "decimal.Context() is a resource manager" meant at first
> reading).

I'm also worried that "resource manager" is too narrow
a term, and would only fit by considerable stretching
in many cases.

I'm thinking about something like "context manager",
or at least something with "context" in it.

Greg