bpo-32436: Add docs for contextvars (#5685)
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:mod:`contextvars` --- Context Variables
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.. module:: contextvars
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:synopsis: Context Variables
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.. sectionauthor:: Yury Selivanov <yury@magic.io>
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--------------
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This module provides APIs to manage, store, and access non-local
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state. The :class:`~contextvars.ContextVar` class is used to declare
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and work with *Context Variables*. The :func:`~contextvars.copy_context`
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function and the :class:`~contextvars.Context` class should be used to
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manage the current context in asynchronous frameworks.
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Context managers that have state should use Context Variables
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instead of :func:`threading.local()` to prevent their state from
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bleeding to other code unexpectedly, when used in concurrent code.
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See also :pep:`567` for additional details.
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.. versionadded:: 3.7
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Context Variables
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-----------------
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.. class:: ContextVar(name, [\*, default])
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This class is used to declare a new Context Variable, e.g.::
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var: ContextVar[int] = ContextVar('var', default=42)
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The required *name* parameter is used for introspection and debug
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purposes.
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The optional keyword-only *default* parameter is returned by
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:meth:`ContextVar.get` when no value for the variable is found
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in the current context.
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**Important:** Context Variables should be created at the top module
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level and never in closures. :class:`Context` objects hold strong
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references to context variables which prevents context variables
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from being properly garbage collected.
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.. attribute:: ContextVar.name
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The name of the variable. This is a read-only property.
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.. method:: get([default])
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Return a value for the context variable for the current context.
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If there is no value for the variable in the current context,
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the method will:
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* return the value of the *default* argument of the method,
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if provided; or
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* return the default value for the context variable,
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if it was created with one; or
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* raise a :exc:`LookupError`.
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.. method:: set(value)
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Call to set a new value for the context variable in the current
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context.
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The required *value* argument is the new value for the context
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variable.
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Returns a :class:`~contextvars.Token` object that can be used
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to restore the variable to its previous value via the
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:meth:`ContextVar.reset` method.
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.. method:: reset(token)
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Reset the context variable to the value it had before the
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:meth:`ContextVar.set` that created the *token* was used.
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For example::
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var = ContextVar('var')
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token = var.set('new value')
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# code that uses 'var'; var.get() returns 'new value'.
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var.reset(token)
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# After the reset call the var has no value again, so
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# var.get() would raise a LookupError.
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.. class:: contextvars.Token
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*Token* objects are returned by the :meth:`ContextVar.set` method.
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They can be passed to the :meth:`ContextVar.reset` method to revert
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the value of the variable to what it was before the corresponding
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*set*.
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.. attribute:: Token.var
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A read-only property. Points to the :class:`ContextVar` object
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that created the token.
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.. attribute:: Token.old_value
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A read-only property. Set to the value the variable had before
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the :meth:`ContextVar.set` method call that created the token.
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It points to :attr:`Token.MISSING` is the variable was not set
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before the call.
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.. attribute:: Token.MISSING
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A marker object used by :attr:`Token.old_value`.
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Manual Context Management
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-------------------------
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.. function:: copy_context()
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Returns a copy of the current :class:`~contextvars.Context` object.
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The following snippet gets a copy of the current context and prints
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all variables and their values that are set in it::
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ctx: Context = copy_context()
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print(list(ctx.items()))
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The function has an O(1) complexity, i.e. works equally fast for
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contexts with a few context variables and for contexts that have
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a lot of them.
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.. class:: Context()
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A mapping of :class:`ContextVars <ContextVar>` to their values.
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``Context()`` creates an empty context with no values in it.
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To get a copy of the current context use the
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:func:`~contextvars.copy_context` function.
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Context implements the :class:`collections.abc.Mapping` interface.
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.. method:: run(callable, \*args, \*\*kwargs)
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Execute ``callable(*args, **kwargs)`` code in the context object
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the *run* method is called on. Return the result of the execution
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or propagate an exception if one occurred.
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Any changes to any context variables that *callable* makes will
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be contained in the context object::
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var = ContextVar('var')
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var.set('spam')
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def main():
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# 'var' was set to 'spam' before
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# calling 'copy_context()' and 'ctx.run(main)', so:
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# var.get() == ctx[var] == 'spam'
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var.set('ham')
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# Now, after setting 'var' to 'ham':
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# var.get() == ctx[var] == 'ham'
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ctx = copy_context()
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# Any changes that the 'main' function makes to 'var'
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# will be contained in 'ctx'.
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ctx.run(main)
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# The 'main()' function was run in the 'ctx' context,
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# so changes to 'var' are contained in it:
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# ctx[var] == 'ham'
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# However, outside of 'ctx', 'var' is still set to 'spam':
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# var.get() == 'spam'
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The method raises a :exc:`RuntimeError` when called on the same
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context object from more than one OS thread, or when called
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recursively.
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.. method:: copy()
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Return a shallow copy of the context object.
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.. describe:: var in context
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Return ``True`` if the *context* has a value for *var* set;
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return ``False`` otherwise.
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.. describe:: context[var]
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Return the value of the *var* :class:`ContextVar` variable.
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If the variable is not set in the context object, a
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:exc:`KeyError` is raised.
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.. method:: get(var, [default])
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Return the value for *var* if *var* has the value in the context
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object. Return *default* otherwise. If *default* is not given,
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return ``None``.
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.. describe:: iter(context)
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Return an iterator over the variables stored in the context
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object.
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.. describe:: len(proxy)
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Return the number of variables set in the context object.
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.. method:: keys()
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Return a list of all variables in the context object.
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.. method:: values()
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Return a list of all variables' values in the context object.
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.. method:: items()
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Return a list of 2-tuples containing all variables and their
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values in the context object.
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asyncio support
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---------------
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Context variables are natively supported in :mod:`asyncio` and are
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ready to be used without any extra configuration. For example, here
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is a simple echo server, that uses a context variable to make the
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address of a remote client available in the Task that handles that
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client::
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import asyncio
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import contextvars
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client_addr_var = contextvars.ContextVar('client_addr')
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def render_goodbye():
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# The address of the currently handled client can be accessed
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# without passing it explicitly to this function.
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client_addr = client_addr_var.get()
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return f'Good bye, client @ {client_addr}\n'.encode()
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async def handle_request(reader, writer):
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addr = writer.transport.get_extra_info('socket').getpeername()
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client_addr_var.set(addr)
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# In any code that we call is is now possible to get
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# client's address by calling 'client_addr_var.get()'.
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while True:
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line = await reader.readline()
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print(line)
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if not line.strip():
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break
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writer.write(line)
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writer.write(render_goodbye())
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writer.close()
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async def main():
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srv = await asyncio.start_server(
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handle_request, '127.0.0.1', 8081)
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async with srv:
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await srv.serve_forever()
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asyncio.run(main())
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# To test it you can use telnet:
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# telnet 127.0.0.1 8081
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@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ the `Python Package Index <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_.
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crypto.rst
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allos.rst
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concurrency.rst
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contextvars.rst
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ipc.rst
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netdata.rst
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markup.rst
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PEP written and implemented by Eric V. Smith
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PEP 567: Context Variables
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Adds a new module :mod:`contextvars`, that provides APIs to manage,
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store, and access non-local state.
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Context variables are natively supported in :mod:`asyncio` and are
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ready to be used without any extra configuration.
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The :mod:`decimal` module was updated to use *contextvars* to store
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the current decimal context. This allows decimal operations to work
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with the correct context in async/await code.
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.. seealso::
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:pep:`567` -- Context Variables
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PEP written and implemented by Yury Selivanov
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New Development Mode: -X dev
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Add documentation for the contextvars module (PEP 567).
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