On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 10:19 PM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > All in all, I like it. Nice job.
Thanks! > > On 08/25/2017 03:32 PM, Yury Selivanov wrote: > >> A *context variable* is an object representing a value in the >> execution context. A new context variable is created by calling >> the ``new_context_var()`` function. A context variable object has >> two methods: >> >> * ``lookup()``: returns the value of the variable in the current >> execution context; >> >> * ``set()``: sets the value of the variable in the current >> execution context. > > > Why "lookup" and not "get" ? Many APIs use "get" and it's functionality is > well understood. ContextVar.set(value) method writes the `value` to the *topmost LC*. ContextVar.lookup() method *traverses the stack* until it finds the LC that has a value. "get()" does not reflect this subtle semantics difference. Yury _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
