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:mod:`!contextlib` --- Utilities for :keyword:`!with`\ -statement contexts
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==========================================================================
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.. module:: contextlib
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:synopsis: Utilities for with-statement contexts.
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**Source code:** :source:`Lib/contextlib.py`
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--------------
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This module provides utilities for common tasks involving the :keyword:`with`
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statement. For more information see also :ref:`typecontextmanager` and
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:ref:`context-managers`.
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Utilities
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---------
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Functions and classes provided:
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.. class:: AbstractContextManager
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An :term:`abstract base class` for classes that implement
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:meth:`object.__enter__` and :meth:`object.__exit__`. A default
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implementation for :meth:`object.__enter__` is provided which returns
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``self`` while :meth:`object.__exit__` is an abstract method which by default
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returns ``None``. See also the definition of :ref:`typecontextmanager`.
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.. versionadded:: 3.6
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.. class:: AbstractAsyncContextManager
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An :term:`abstract base class` for classes that implement
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:meth:`object.__aenter__` and :meth:`object.__aexit__`. A default
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implementation for :meth:`object.__aenter__` is provided which returns
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``self`` while :meth:`object.__aexit__` is an abstract method which by default
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returns ``None``. See also the definition of
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:ref:`async-context-managers`.
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.. versionadded:: 3.7
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.. decorator:: contextmanager
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This function is a :term:`decorator` that can be used to define a factory
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function for :keyword:`with` statement context managers, without needing to
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create a class or separate :meth:`__enter__` and :meth:`__exit__` methods.
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While many objects natively support use in with statements, sometimes a
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resource needs to be managed that isn't a context manager in its own right,
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and doesn't implement a ``close()`` method for use with ``contextlib.closing``
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An abstract example would be the following to ensure correct resource
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management::
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from contextlib import contextmanager
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@contextmanager
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def managed_resource(*args, **kwds):
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# Code to acquire resource, e.g.:
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resource = acquire_resource(*args, **kwds)
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try:
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yield resource
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finally:
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# Code to release resource, e.g.:
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release_resource(resource)
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>>> with managed_resource(timeout=3600) as resource:
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... # Resource is released at the end of this block,
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... # even if code in the block raises an exception
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The function being decorated must return a :term:`generator`-iterator when
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called. This iterator must yield exactly one value, which will be bound to
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the targets in the :keyword:`with` statement's :keyword:`!as` clause, if any.
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At the point where the generator yields, the block nested in the :keyword:`with`
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statement is executed. The generator is then resumed after the block is exited.
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If an unhandled exception occurs in the block, it is reraised inside the
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generator at the point where the yield occurred. Thus, you can use a
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:keyword:`try`...\ :keyword:`except`...\ :keyword:`finally` statement to trap
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the error (if any), or ensure that some cleanup takes place. If an exception is
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trapped merely in order to log it or to perform some action (rather than to
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suppress it entirely), the generator must reraise that exception. Otherwise the
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generator context manager will indicate to the :keyword:`!with` statement that
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the exception has been handled, and execution will resume with the statement
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immediately following the :keyword:`!with` statement.
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:func:`contextmanager` uses :class:`ContextDecorator` so the context managers
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it creates can be used as decorators as well as in :keyword:`with` statements.
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When used as a decorator, a new generator instance is implicitly created on
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each function call (this allows the otherwise "one-shot" context managers
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created by :func:`contextmanager` to meet the requirement that context
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managers support multiple invocations in order to be used as decorators).
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.. versionchanged:: 3.2
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Use of :class:`ContextDecorator`.
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.. decorator:: asynccontextmanager
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Similar to :func:`~contextlib.contextmanager`, but creates an
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:ref:`asynchronous context manager <async-context-managers>`.
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This function is a :term:`decorator` that can be used to define a factory
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function for :keyword:`async with` statement asynchronous context managers,
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without needing to create a class or separate :meth:`__aenter__` and
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:meth:`__aexit__` methods. It must be applied to an :term:`asynchronous
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generator` function.
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A simple example::
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from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
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@asynccontextmanager
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async def get_connection():
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conn = await acquire_db_connection()
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try:
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yield conn
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finally:
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await release_db_connection(conn)
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async def get_all_users():
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async with get_connection() as conn:
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return conn.query('SELECT ...')
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.. versionadded:: 3.7
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.. function:: closing(thing)
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Return a context manager that closes *thing* upon completion of the block. This
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is basically equivalent to::
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from contextlib import contextmanager
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@contextmanager
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def closing(thing):
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try:
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yield thing
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finally:
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thing.close()
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And lets you write code like this::
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from contextlib import closing
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from urllib.request import urlopen
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with closing(urlopen('http://www.python.org')) as page:
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for line in page:
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print(line)
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without needing to explicitly close ``page``. Even if an error occurs,
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``page.close()`` will be called when the :keyword:`with` block is exited.
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.. _simplifying-support-for-single-optional-context-managers:
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.. function:: nullcontext(enter_result=None)
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Return a context manager that returns *enter_result* from ``__enter__``, but
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otherwise does nothing. It is intended to be used as a stand-in for an
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optional context manager, for example::
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def myfunction(arg, ignore_exceptions=False):
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if ignore_exceptions:
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# Use suppress to ignore all exceptions.
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cm = contextlib.suppress(Exception)
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else:
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# Do not ignore any exceptions, cm has no effect.
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cm = contextlib.nullcontext()
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with cm:
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# Do something
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An example using *enter_result*::
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def process_file(file_or_path):
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if isinstance(file_or_path, str):
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# If string, open file
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cm = open(file_or_path)
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else:
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# Caller is responsible for closing file
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cm = nullcontext(file_or_path)
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with cm as file:
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# Perform processing on the file
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.. versionadded:: 3.7
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.. function:: suppress(*exceptions)
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Return a context manager that suppresses any of the specified exceptions
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if they occur in the body of a with statement and then resumes execution
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with the first statement following the end of the with statement.
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As with any other mechanism that completely suppresses exceptions, this
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context manager should be used only to cover very specific errors where
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silently continuing with program execution is known to be the right
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thing to do.
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For example::
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from contextlib import suppress
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with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
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os.remove('somefile.tmp')
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with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
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os.remove('someotherfile.tmp')
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This code is equivalent to::
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try:
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os.remove('somefile.tmp')
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except FileNotFoundError:
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pass
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try:
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os.remove('someotherfile.tmp')
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except FileNotFoundError:
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pass
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This context manager is :ref:`reentrant <reentrant-cms>`.
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.. versionadded:: 3.4
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.. function:: redirect_stdout(new_target)
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Context manager for temporarily redirecting :data:`sys.stdout` to
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another file or file-like object.
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This tool adds flexibility to existing functions or classes whose output
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is hardwired to stdout.
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For example, the output of :func:`help` normally is sent to *sys.stdout*.
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You can capture that output in a string by redirecting the output to an
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:class:`io.StringIO` object::
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f = io.StringIO()
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with redirect_stdout(f):
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help(pow)
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s = f.getvalue()
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To send the output of :func:`help` to a file on disk, redirect the output
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to a regular file::
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with open('help.txt', 'w') as f:
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with redirect_stdout(f):
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help(pow)
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To send the output of :func:`help` to *sys.stderr*::
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with redirect_stdout(sys.stderr):
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help(pow)
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Note that the global side effect on :data:`sys.stdout` means that this
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context manager is not suitable for use in library code and most threaded
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applications. It also has no effect on the output of subprocesses.
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However, it is still a useful approach for many utility scripts.
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This context manager is :ref:`reentrant <reentrant-cms>`.
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.. versionadded:: 3.4
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.. function:: redirect_stderr(new_target)
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Similar to :func:`~contextlib.redirect_stdout` but redirecting
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:data:`sys.stderr` to another file or file-like object.
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This context manager is :ref:`reentrant <reentrant-cms>`.
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.. versionadded:: 3.5
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.. class:: ContextDecorator()
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A base class that enables a context manager to also be used as a decorator.
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Context managers inheriting from ``ContextDecorator`` have to implement
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``__enter__`` and ``__exit__`` as normal. ``__exit__`` retains its optional
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exception handling even when used as a decorator.
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``ContextDecorator`` is used by :func:`contextmanager`, so you get this
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functionality automatically.
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Example of ``ContextDecorator``::
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from contextlib import ContextDecorator
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class mycontext(ContextDecorator):
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def __enter__(self):
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print('Starting')
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return self
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def __exit__(self, *exc):
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print('Finishing')
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return False
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>>> @mycontext()
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... def function():
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... print('The bit in the middle')
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...
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>>> function()
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Starting
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The bit in the middle
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Finishing
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>>> with mycontext():
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... print('The bit in the middle')
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...
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Starting
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The bit in the middle
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Finishing
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This change is just syntactic sugar for any construct of the following form::
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def f():
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with cm():
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# Do stuff
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``ContextDecorator`` lets you instead write::
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@cm()
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def f():
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# Do stuff
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It makes it clear that the ``cm`` applies to the whole function, rather than
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just a piece of it (and saving an indentation level is nice, too).
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Existing context managers that already have a base class can be extended by
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using ``ContextDecorator`` as a mixin class::
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from contextlib import ContextDecorator
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class mycontext(ContextBaseClass, ContextDecorator):
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def __enter__(self):
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return self
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def __exit__(self, *exc):
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return False
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.. note::
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As the decorated function must be able to be called multiple times, the
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underlying context manager must support use in multiple :keyword:`with`
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statements. If this is not the case, then the original construct with the
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explicit :keyword:`!with` statement inside the function should be used.
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.. versionadded:: 3.2
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.. class:: ExitStack()
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A context manager that is designed to make it easy to programmatically
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combine other context managers and cleanup functions, especially those
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that are optional or otherwise driven by input data.
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For example, a set of files may easily be handled in a single with
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statement as follows::
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with ExitStack() as stack:
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files = [stack.enter_context(open(fname)) for fname in filenames]
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# All opened files will automatically be closed at the end of
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# the with statement, even if attempts to open files later
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# in the list raise an exception
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Each instance maintains a stack of registered callbacks that are called in
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reverse order when the instance is closed (either explicitly or implicitly
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at the end of a :keyword:`with` statement). Note that callbacks are *not*
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invoked implicitly when the context stack instance is garbage collected.
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This stack model is used so that context managers that acquire their
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resources in their ``__init__`` method (such as file objects) can be
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handled correctly.
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Since registered callbacks are invoked in the reverse order of
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registration, this ends up behaving as if multiple nested :keyword:`with`
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statements had been used with the registered set of callbacks. This even
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extends to exception handling - if an inner callback suppresses or replaces
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an exception, then outer callbacks will be passed arguments based on that
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updated state.
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This is a relatively low level API that takes care of the details of
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correctly unwinding the stack of exit callbacks. It provides a suitable
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foundation for higher level context managers that manipulate the exit
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stack in application specific ways.
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.. versionadded:: 3.3
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.. method:: enter_context(cm)
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Enters a new context manager and adds its :meth:`__exit__` method to
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the callback stack. The return value is the result of the context
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manager's own :meth:`__enter__` method.
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These context managers may suppress exceptions just as they normally
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would if used directly as part of a :keyword:`with` statement.
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.. method:: push(exit)
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Adds a context manager's :meth:`__exit__` method to the callback stack.
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As ``__enter__`` is *not* invoked, this method can be used to cover
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part of an :meth:`__enter__` implementation with a context manager's own
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:meth:`__exit__` method.
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If passed an object that is not a context manager, this method assumes
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it is a callback with the same signature as a context manager's
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:meth:`__exit__` method and adds it directly to the callback stack.
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By returning true values, these callbacks can suppress exceptions the
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same way context manager :meth:`__exit__` methods can.
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The passed in object is returned from the function, allowing this
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method to be used as a function decorator.
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.. method:: callback(callback, *args, **kwds)
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Accepts an arbitrary callback function and arguments and adds it to
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the callback stack.
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Unlike the other methods, callbacks added this way cannot suppress
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exceptions (as they are never passed the exception details).
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The passed in callback is returned from the function, allowing this
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method to be used as a function decorator.
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.. method:: pop_all()
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Transfers the callback stack to a fresh :class:`ExitStack` instance
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and returns it. No callbacks are invoked by this operation - instead,
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they will now be invoked when the new stack is closed (either
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explicitly or implicitly at the end of a :keyword:`with` statement).
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For example, a group of files can be opened as an "all or nothing"
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operation as follows::
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with ExitStack() as stack:
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files = [stack.enter_context(open(fname)) for fname in filenames]
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# Hold onto the close method, but don't call it yet.
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close_files = stack.pop_all().close
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# If opening any file fails, all previously opened files will be
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# closed automatically. If all files are opened successfully,
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# they will remain open even after the with statement ends.
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# close_files() can then be invoked explicitly to close them all.
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.. method:: close()
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Immediately unwinds the callback stack, invoking callbacks in the
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reverse order of registration. For any context managers and exit
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callbacks registered, the arguments passed in will indicate that no
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exception occurred.
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.. class:: AsyncExitStack()
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An :ref:`asynchronous context manager <async-context-managers>`, similar
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to :class:`ExitStack`, that supports combining both synchronous and
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asynchronous context managers, as well as having coroutines for
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cleanup logic.
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The :meth:`close` method is not implemented, :meth:`aclose` must be used
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instead.
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.. method:: enter_async_context(cm)
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Similar to :meth:`enter_context` but expects an asynchronous context
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manager.
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.. method:: push_async_exit(exit)
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Similar to :meth:`push` but expects either an asynchronous context manager
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or a coroutine function.
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.. method:: push_async_callback(callback, *args, **kwds)
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Similar to :meth:`callback` but expects a coroutine function.
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.. method:: aclose()
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Similar to :meth:`close` but properly handles awaitables.
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Continuing the example for :func:`asynccontextmanager`::
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async with AsyncExitStack() as stack:
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connections = [await stack.enter_async_context(get_connection())
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for i in range(5)]
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# All opened connections will automatically be released at the end of
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# the async with statement, even if attempts to open a connection
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# later in the list raise an exception.
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.. versionadded:: 3.7
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Examples and Recipes
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--------------------
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This section describes some examples and recipes for making effective use of
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the tools provided by :mod:`contextlib`.
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Supporting a variable number of context managers
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The primary use case for :class:`ExitStack` is the one given in the class
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documentation: supporting a variable number of context managers and other
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cleanup operations in a single :keyword:`with` statement. The variability
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may come from the number of context managers needed being driven by user
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input (such as opening a user specified collection of files), or from
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some of the context managers being optional::
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with ExitStack() as stack:
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for resource in resources:
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stack.enter_context(resource)
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if need_special_resource():
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special = acquire_special_resource()
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stack.callback(release_special_resource, special)
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# Perform operations that use the acquired resources
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As shown, :class:`ExitStack` also makes it quite easy to use :keyword:`with`
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statements to manage arbitrary resources that don't natively support the
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context management protocol.
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|
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|
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Catching exceptions from ``__enter__`` methods
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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|
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It is occasionally desirable to catch exceptions from an ``__enter__``
|
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method implementation, *without* inadvertently catching exceptions from
|
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the :keyword:`with` statement body or the context manager's ``__exit__``
|
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method. By using :class:`ExitStack` the steps in the context management
|
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protocol can be separated slightly in order to allow this::
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stack = ExitStack()
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try:
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x = stack.enter_context(cm)
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except Exception:
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# handle __enter__ exception
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else:
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with stack:
|
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# Handle normal case
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||||
|
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Actually needing to do this is likely to indicate that the underlying API
|
||||
should be providing a direct resource management interface for use with
|
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:keyword:`try`/:keyword:`except`/:keyword:`finally` statements, but not
|
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all APIs are well designed in that regard. When a context manager is the
|
||||
only resource management API provided, then :class:`ExitStack` can make it
|
||||
easier to handle various situations that can't be handled directly in a
|
||||
:keyword:`with` statement.
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||||
|
||||
|
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Cleaning up in an ``__enter__`` implementation
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||||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||||
|
||||
As noted in the documentation of :meth:`ExitStack.push`, this
|
||||
method can be useful in cleaning up an already allocated resource if later
|
||||
steps in the :meth:`__enter__` implementation fail.
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|
||||
Here's an example of doing this for a context manager that accepts resource
|
||||
acquisition and release functions, along with an optional validation function,
|
||||
and maps them to the context management protocol::
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||||
|
||||
from contextlib import contextmanager, AbstractContextManager, ExitStack
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||||
|
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class ResourceManager(AbstractContextManager):
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||||
|
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def __init__(self, acquire_resource, release_resource, check_resource_ok=None):
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||||
self.acquire_resource = acquire_resource
|
||||
self.release_resource = release_resource
|
||||
if check_resource_ok is None:
|
||||
def check_resource_ok(resource):
|
||||
return True
|
||||
self.check_resource_ok = check_resource_ok
|
||||
|
||||
@contextmanager
|
||||
def _cleanup_on_error(self):
|
||||
with ExitStack() as stack:
|
||||
stack.push(self)
|
||||
yield
|
||||
# The validation check passed and didn't raise an exception
|
||||
# Accordingly, we want to keep the resource, and pass it
|
||||
# back to our caller
|
||||
stack.pop_all()
|
||||
|
||||
def __enter__(self):
|
||||
resource = self.acquire_resource()
|
||||
with self._cleanup_on_error():
|
||||
if not self.check_resource_ok(resource):
|
||||
msg = "Failed validation for {!r}"
|
||||
raise RuntimeError(msg.format(resource))
|
||||
return resource
|
||||
|
||||
def __exit__(self, *exc_details):
|
||||
# We don't need to duplicate any of our resource release logic
|
||||
self.release_resource()
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Replacing any use of ``try-finally`` and flag variables
|
||||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||||
|
||||
A pattern you will sometimes see is a ``try-finally`` statement with a flag
|
||||
variable to indicate whether or not the body of the ``finally`` clause should
|
||||
be executed. In its simplest form (that can't already be handled just by
|
||||
using an ``except`` clause instead), it looks something like this::
|
||||
|
||||
cleanup_needed = True
|
||||
try:
|
||||
result = perform_operation()
|
||||
if result:
|
||||
cleanup_needed = False
|
||||
finally:
|
||||
if cleanup_needed:
|
||||
cleanup_resources()
|
||||
|
||||
As with any ``try`` statement based code, this can cause problems for
|
||||
development and review, because the setup code and the cleanup code can end
|
||||
up being separated by arbitrarily long sections of code.
|
||||
|
||||
:class:`ExitStack` makes it possible to instead register a callback for
|
||||
execution at the end of a ``with`` statement, and then later decide to skip
|
||||
executing that callback::
|
||||
|
||||
from contextlib import ExitStack
|
||||
|
||||
with ExitStack() as stack:
|
||||
stack.callback(cleanup_resources)
|
||||
result = perform_operation()
|
||||
if result:
|
||||
stack.pop_all()
|
||||
|
||||
This allows the intended cleanup up behaviour to be made explicit up front,
|
||||
rather than requiring a separate flag variable.
|
||||
|
||||
If a particular application uses this pattern a lot, it can be simplified
|
||||
even further by means of a small helper class::
|
||||
|
||||
from contextlib import ExitStack
|
||||
|
||||
class Callback(ExitStack):
|
||||
def __init__(self, callback, *args, **kwds):
|
||||
super(Callback, self).__init__()
|
||||
self.callback(callback, *args, **kwds)
|
||||
|
||||
def cancel(self):
|
||||
self.pop_all()
|
||||
|
||||
with Callback(cleanup_resources) as cb:
|
||||
result = perform_operation()
|
||||
if result:
|
||||
cb.cancel()
|
||||
|
||||
If the resource cleanup isn't already neatly bundled into a standalone
|
||||
function, then it is still possible to use the decorator form of
|
||||
:meth:`ExitStack.callback` to declare the resource cleanup in
|
||||
advance::
|
||||
|
||||
from contextlib import ExitStack
|
||||
|
||||
with ExitStack() as stack:
|
||||
@stack.callback
|
||||
def cleanup_resources():
|
||||
...
|
||||
result = perform_operation()
|
||||
if result:
|
||||
stack.pop_all()
|
||||
|
||||
Due to the way the decorator protocol works, a callback function
|
||||
declared this way cannot take any parameters. Instead, any resources to
|
||||
be released must be accessed as closure variables.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Using a context manager as a function decorator
|
||||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||||
|
||||
:class:`ContextDecorator` makes it possible to use a context manager in
|
||||
both an ordinary ``with`` statement and also as a function decorator.
|
||||
|
||||
For example, it is sometimes useful to wrap functions or groups of statements
|
||||
with a logger that can track the time of entry and time of exit. Rather than
|
||||
writing both a function decorator and a context manager for the task,
|
||||
inheriting from :class:`ContextDecorator` provides both capabilities in a
|
||||
single definition::
|
||||
|
||||
from contextlib import ContextDecorator
|
||||
import logging
|
||||
|
||||
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
|
||||
|
||||
class track_entry_and_exit(ContextDecorator):
|
||||
def __init__(self, name):
|
||||
self.name = name
|
||||
|
||||
def __enter__(self):
|
||||
logging.info('Entering: %s', self.name)
|
||||
|
||||
def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, exc_tb):
|
||||
logging.info('Exiting: %s', self.name)
|
||||
|
||||
Instances of this class can be used as both a context manager::
|
||||
|
||||
with track_entry_and_exit('widget loader'):
|
||||
print('Some time consuming activity goes here')
|
||||
load_widget()
|
||||
|
||||
And also as a function decorator::
|
||||
|
||||
@track_entry_and_exit('widget loader')
|
||||
def activity():
|
||||
print('Some time consuming activity goes here')
|
||||
load_widget()
|
||||
|
||||
Note that there is one additional limitation when using context managers
|
||||
as function decorators: there's no way to access the return value of
|
||||
:meth:`__enter__`. If that value is needed, then it is still necessary to use
|
||||
an explicit ``with`` statement.
|
||||
|
||||
.. seealso::
|
||||
|
||||
:pep:`343` - The "with" statement
|
||||
The specification, background, and examples for the Python :keyword:`with`
|
||||
statement.
|
||||
|
||||
.. _single-use-reusable-and-reentrant-cms:
|
||||
|
||||
Single use, reusable and reentrant context managers
|
||||
---------------------------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
Most context managers are written in a way that means they can only be
|
||||
used effectively in a :keyword:`with` statement once. These single use
|
||||
context managers must be created afresh each time they're used -
|
||||
attempting to use them a second time will trigger an exception or
|
||||
otherwise not work correctly.
|
||||
|
||||
This common limitation means that it is generally advisable to create
|
||||
context managers directly in the header of the :keyword:`with` statement
|
||||
where they are used (as shown in all of the usage examples above).
|
||||
|
||||
Files are an example of effectively single use context managers, since
|
||||
the first :keyword:`with` statement will close the file, preventing any
|
||||
further IO operations using that file object.
|
||||
|
||||
Context managers created using :func:`contextmanager` are also single use
|
||||
context managers, and will complain about the underlying generator failing
|
||||
to yield if an attempt is made to use them a second time::
|
||||
|
||||
>>> from contextlib import contextmanager
|
||||
>>> @contextmanager
|
||||
... def singleuse():
|
||||
... print("Before")
|
||||
... yield
|
||||
... print("After")
|
||||
...
|
||||
>>> cm = singleuse()
|
||||
>>> with cm:
|
||||
... pass
|
||||
...
|
||||
Before
|
||||
After
|
||||
>>> with cm:
|
||||
... pass
|
||||
...
|
||||
Traceback (most recent call last):
|
||||
...
|
||||
RuntimeError: generator didn't yield
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
.. _reentrant-cms:
|
||||
|
||||
Reentrant context managers
|
||||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||||
|
||||
More sophisticated context managers may be "reentrant". These context
|
||||
managers can not only be used in multiple :keyword:`with` statements,
|
||||
but may also be used *inside* a :keyword:`!with` statement that is already
|
||||
using the same context manager.
|
||||
|
||||
:class:`threading.RLock` is an example of a reentrant context manager, as are
|
||||
:func:`suppress` and :func:`redirect_stdout`. Here's a very simple example of
|
||||
reentrant use::
|
||||
|
||||
>>> from contextlib import redirect_stdout
|
||||
>>> from io import StringIO
|
||||
>>> stream = StringIO()
|
||||
>>> write_to_stream = redirect_stdout(stream)
|
||||
>>> with write_to_stream:
|
||||
... print("This is written to the stream rather than stdout")
|
||||
... with write_to_stream:
|
||||
... print("This is also written to the stream")
|
||||
...
|
||||
>>> print("This is written directly to stdout")
|
||||
This is written directly to stdout
|
||||
>>> print(stream.getvalue())
|
||||
This is written to the stream rather than stdout
|
||||
This is also written to the stream
|
||||
|
||||
Real world examples of reentrancy are more likely to involve multiple
|
||||
functions calling each other and hence be far more complicated than this
|
||||
example.
|
||||
|
||||
Note also that being reentrant is *not* the same thing as being thread safe.
|
||||
:func:`redirect_stdout`, for example, is definitely not thread safe, as it
|
||||
makes a global modification to the system state by binding :data:`sys.stdout`
|
||||
to a different stream.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
.. _reusable-cms:
|
||||
|
||||
Reusable context managers
|
||||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||||
|
||||
Distinct from both single use and reentrant context managers are "reusable"
|
||||
context managers (or, to be completely explicit, "reusable, but not
|
||||
reentrant" context managers, since reentrant context managers are also
|
||||
reusable). These context managers support being used multiple times, but
|
||||
will fail (or otherwise not work correctly) if the specific context manager
|
||||
instance has already been used in a containing with statement.
|
||||
|
||||
:class:`threading.Lock` is an example of a reusable, but not reentrant,
|
||||
context manager (for a reentrant lock, it is necessary to use
|
||||
:class:`threading.RLock` instead).
|
||||
|
||||
Another example of a reusable, but not reentrant, context manager is
|
||||
:class:`ExitStack`, as it invokes *all* currently registered callbacks
|
||||
when leaving any with statement, regardless of where those callbacks
|
||||
were added::
|
||||
|
||||
>>> from contextlib import ExitStack
|
||||
>>> stack = ExitStack()
|
||||
>>> with stack:
|
||||
... stack.callback(print, "Callback: from first context")
|
||||
... print("Leaving first context")
|
||||
...
|
||||
Leaving first context
|
||||
Callback: from first context
|
||||
>>> with stack:
|
||||
... stack.callback(print, "Callback: from second context")
|
||||
... print("Leaving second context")
|
||||
...
|
||||
Leaving second context
|
||||
Callback: from second context
|
||||
>>> with stack:
|
||||
... stack.callback(print, "Callback: from outer context")
|
||||
... with stack:
|
||||
... stack.callback(print, "Callback: from inner context")
|
||||
... print("Leaving inner context")
|
||||
... print("Leaving outer context")
|
||||
...
|
||||
Leaving inner context
|
||||
Callback: from inner context
|
||||
Callback: from outer context
|
||||
Leaving outer context
|
||||
|
||||
As the output from the example shows, reusing a single stack object across
|
||||
multiple with statements works correctly, but attempting to nest them
|
||||
will cause the stack to be cleared at the end of the innermost with
|
||||
statement, which is unlikely to be desirable behaviour.
|
||||
|
||||
Using separate :class:`ExitStack` instances instead of reusing a single
|
||||
instance avoids that problem::
|
||||
|
||||
>>> from contextlib import ExitStack
|
||||
>>> with ExitStack() as outer_stack:
|
||||
... outer_stack.callback(print, "Callback: from outer context")
|
||||
... with ExitStack() as inner_stack:
|
||||
... inner_stack.callback(print, "Callback: from inner context")
|
||||
... print("Leaving inner context")
|
||||
... print("Leaving outer context")
|
||||
...
|
||||
Leaving inner context
|
||||
Callback: from inner context
|
||||
Leaving outer context
|
||||
Callback: from outer context
|
Reference in New Issue
Block a user