Document objects that can be used with the ``with`` statement.
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@ -442,9 +442,33 @@ the \function{getcontext()} and \function{setcontext()} functions:
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Set the current context for the active thread to \var{c}.
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\end{funcdesc}
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New contexts can formed using the \class{Context} constructor described below.
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In addition, the module provides three pre-made contexts:
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Beginning with Python 2.5, you can also use the \keyword{with} statement
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to temporarily change the active context. For example the following code
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increases the current decimal precision by 2 places, performs a
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calculation, and then automatically restores the previous context:
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\begin{verbatim}
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from __future__ import with_statement
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import decimal
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with decimal.getcontext() as ctx:
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ctx.prec += 2 # add 2 more digits of precision
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calculate_something()
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\end{verbatim}
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The context that's active in the body of the \keyword{with} statement is
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a \emph{copy} of the context you provided to the \keyword{with}
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statement, so modifying its attributes doesn't affect anything except
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that temporary copy.
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You can use any decimal context in a \keyword{with} statement, but if
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you just want to make a temporary change to some aspect of the current
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context, it's easiest to just use \function{getcontext()} as shown
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above.
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New contexts can also be created using the \class{Context} constructor
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described below. In addition, the module provides three pre-made
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contexts:
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\begin{classdesc*}{BasicContext}
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This is a standard context defined by the General Decimal Arithmetic
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@ -1500,6 +1500,38 @@ Files have the following methods:
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Any operation which requires that the file be open will raise a
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\exception{ValueError} after the file has been closed. Calling
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\method{close()} more than once is allowed.
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As of Python 2.5, you can avoid having to call this method explicitly
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if you use the \keyword{with} statement. For example, the following
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code will automatically close \code{f} when the \keyword{with} block
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is exited:
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\begin{verbatim}
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from __future__ import with_statement
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with open("hello.txt") as f:
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for line in f:
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print line
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\end{verbatim}
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In older versions of Python, you would have needed to do this to get
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the same effect:
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\begin{verbatim}
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f = open("hello.txt")
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try:
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for line in f:
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print line
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finally:
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f.close()
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\end{verbatim}
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\note{Not all ``file-like'' types in Python support use as a context
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manager for the \keyword{with} statement. If your code is intended to
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work with any file-like object, you can use the \function{closing()}
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function in the \module{contextlib} module instead of using the object
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directly. See section~\ref{context-closing} for details.}
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}[file]{flush}{}
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@ -100,6 +100,19 @@ Return the status of the lock:\ \code{True} if it has been acquired by
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some thread, \code{False} if not.
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\end{methoddesc}
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In addition to these methods, lock objects can also be used via the
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\keyword{with} statement, e.g.:
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\begin{verbatim}
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from __future__ import with_statement
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import thread
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a_lock = thread.allocate_lock()
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with a_lock:
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print "a_lock is locked while this executes"
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\end{verbatim}
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\strong{Caveats:}
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\begin{itemize}
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Stop the timer, and cancel the execution of the timer's action. This
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will only work if the timer is still in its waiting stage.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\subsection{Using locks, conditions, and semaphores in the \keyword{with}
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statement \label{with-locks}}
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All of the objects provided by this module that have \method{acquire()} and
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\method{release()} methods can be used as context managers for a \keyword{with}
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statement. The \method{acquire()} method will be called when the block is
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entered, and \method{release()} will be called when the block is exited.
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Currently, \class{Lock}, \class{RLock}, \class{Condition}, \class{Semaphore},
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and \class{BoundedSemaphore} objects may be used as \keyword{with}
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statement context managers. For example:
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\begin{verbatim}
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from __future__ import with_statement
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import threading
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some_rlock = threading.RLock()
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with some_rlock:
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print "some_rlock is locked while this executes"
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\end{verbatim}
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