[Python-Dev] Proposed resolutions for open PEP 343 issues (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sat Oct 22 23:14:34 CEST 2005

Here's another argument against automatically decorating context.

What if I want to have a class with a context method that returns a custom context manager that doesn't involve applying @contextmanager to a generator?

While technically this is possible with your proposal (since such a method wouldn't be a generator), it's exceedingly subtle for the human reader. I'd much rather see the @contextmanager decorator to emphasize the difference.

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