[Python-Dev] PEP 550 v3

[Guido van Rossum]

The way we came to "logical context" was via "logical thread (of control)",
which is distinct from OS thread. But I think we might need to search for
another term...

On Aug 19, 2017 11:56 AM, "Ethan Furman" <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> On 08/19/2017 01:40 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:33:27 -0400 Yury Selivanov wrote:
>>
>
> There are a few open questions left, namely the terminology
>>> and design of ContextKey API.  On the former topic, I'm quite
>>> happy with the latest version: Execution Context, Logical
>>> Context, and Context Key.
>>>
>>
>> I don't really like it.  "Logical Context" is vague (there are
>> lots of things called "context" in other libraries, so a bit of
>> specificity would help avoid confusion), and it's not clear what is
>> "logical" about it anyway.  "Local Context" actually seemed better to
>> me (as it reminded of threading.local() or the general notion of
>> thread-local storage).
>>
>
> I am also not seeing the link between "logical" and "this local layer of
> environmental changes that won't be seen by those who called me".
>
> Maybe ContextLayer?  Or marry the two and call it LocalContextLayer.
>
> --
> ~Ethan~
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