On 5 January 2018 at 11:06, Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Le 5 janv. 2018 11:42 AM, "Paul Moore" <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> a écrit : >> """ >> A Context is a mapping from ContextVar objects to their values. The >> Context itself exposes the Mapping interface, so cannot be modified >> directly - to modify the value associated with a variable you need to >> use the ContextVar.set() method. >> """ >> >> Does that explain things correctly? One thing I am sure of is that we >> should remove "implemented using an immutable dictionary" - it's an >> implementation detail, and adds nothing but confusion to mention it >> here.
> You can only modify a context when it's the current context, so using > ContextVar.set() in Context.run(). Thanks. That's a useful qualification. But it may be too detailed for the summary - it's certainly something that should be covered in the specification section, though. Maybe "... you need to use the ContextVar.set() method from Context.run()" would be OK, although I don't want the summary to get too long. Paul _______________________________________________ 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
