From 83a1c2a06f986fef1cdc3280b9d51310e071b298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Piercy Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 20:24:49 -0700 Subject: Add term "context manager" --- docs/glossary.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index fe2d0977c..de68085d9 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -1203,3 +1203,6 @@ Glossary side effect A statement or function has a side effect when it changes a value outside its own scope. Put another way, if one can observe the change made by a function from outside that function, it has a side effect. + + context manager + A context manager is an object that defines the runtime context to be established when executing a :ref:`with ` statement in Python. The context manager handles the entry into, and the exit from, the desired runtime context for the execution of the block of code. Context managers are normally invoked using the ``with`` statement, but can also be used by directly invoking their methods. Pyramid adds context managers for :func:`pyramid.testing.testConfig`, :func:`pyramid.scripting.prepare`, and :class:`pyramid.config.Configurator`. \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3