[Python-Dev] PEP 343 update (with statement context terminology)

[Paul Moore]

On 4/24/06, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think I've now read enough on the subject that my value as an
> > unbiased reader is being lost...
>
> Your input really helped me figure out where the problem was, though. Trying
> to describe 3 different things using only 2 distinct terms was a recipe for
> confusion in anybody's book :)

Glad it was of some use :-)

> > PS Is anyone else arguing with Nick on this? Now that I'm reduced to
> > intuitive "well, I prefer it" arguments, it would be nice to hear what
> > people's gut feelings are - "contexts create context managers",
> > "context managers create contexts", "so confused I don't know"... :-)
> > ?
[...]
> The changes I made this weekend are designed to give everything its own name,
> leaving "context" free to refer to either the runtime context or a context
> specifier or whatever else makes sense in context.

OK. At this point, the discussion seems to have mutated from a
"Phillip vs Nick" debate to a "Paul vs Nick" debate. I think I need to
duck out now and we'll see if this version passes by general acclaim
(or sheer exhaustion :-))

Paul.