[Python-Dev] Must objects with __enter__/__exit__ also supply __context__?

[Guido van Rossum]

+1 from me too.

On 4/27/06, Edward Loper <edloper at gradient.cis.upenn.edu> wrote:
> 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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