[Python-Dev] Proposed changes to PEP 343 (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Wed Oct 12 12:25:18 CEST 2005

Jason Orendorff wrote:

On 10/12/05, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

Strictly speaking this fits in with the existing confusion of "generator factory" and "generator":

Py> def g(): ... yield None ... Py> type(g) <type 'function'> Py> type(g()) <type 'generator'> Most people would call "g" a generator, even though its really just a factory function that returns generator objects. Not the same. A precise term exists for "g": it's a generator function. PEP 255 explicitly talks about this: "...Note that when the intent is clear from context, the unqualified name "generator" may be used to refer either to a generator-function or a generator- iterator." What would the corresponding paragraph be for PEP 343?

  "...Note that when the intent is clear from context, the unqualified name
  'context manager' may be used to refer either to a 'context manager
   function' or to an actual 'context manager object'. This distinction is
   primarily relevant for generator-based context managers, and is similar
   to that between a normal generator-function and a generator-iterator."

Basically, a context manager object is an object with enter and exit methods, while the with method itself is a context manager function.

Cheers, Nick.

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