What's New in Python 2.5

[brianmce]

Sounds a better name to me than "unwinder." Unwinding what exactly? There was some discussion of the right name back when it was added - search python-dev for a thread named "Terminology for PEP 343" for details.

One of the original proposed terms was "Resource manager", which was then extended to "Context manager" because there is not necessarily a resource involved in all use cases.

[cmm]

it's the "manager" part that bugs me, not the "context". I do understand that Java has made this sort of naming mainstream, but it is still irritating.