>Like Neil mentioned, a contextmanager generator is wrapped with an >__exit__ method that is guaranteed to be called and that explicitly >resumes or closes the generator. So as long as your contextmanager >generator is properly written (i.e. it yields exactly once), the >finally block will execute in a timely fashion.
Is that true even in the face of something like sys.exit()? What happens if 1) sys.exit is called while in the same thread 2) sys.exit is called from another thread but while this thread is in context manager? Ramit Ramit Prasad | JPMorgan Chase Investment Bank | Currencies Technology 712 Main Street | Houston, TX 77002 work phone: 713 - 216 - 5423 -- This email is confidential and subject to important disclaimers and conditions including on offers for the purchase or sale of securities, accuracy and completeness of information, viruses, confidentiality, legal privilege, and legal entity disclaimers, available at http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures/email. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
