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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