[Python-Dev] Why are contexts also managers? (was r45544 - peps/trunk/pep-0343.txt)

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 06:54 PM 4/21/2006 +0100, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>Phillip, I do recomment you look at decimal.py. If we're not reversing
>the PEP changes, that module needs to be changed; it has a class
>Context (that was always there) with a __context__ method which
>returns an instance of a class ContextManager (newly created for the
>with-statement). This looks backwards from the PEP's current POV.

I don't mind doing the work to change it, as long as you first pronounce on 
what the terminology *should* be.  :)  If it turns out my doc was wrong, 
I'll fix that.  If not, I'll fix decimal.ContextManager.  Or if both are 
wrong, I'll fix that too.  Just tell me which it is.  :)