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Further corrections to the decimal module context management documentation
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\end{funcdesc}
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Beginning with Python 2.5, you can also use the \keyword{with} statement
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to temporarily change the active context.
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and the \function{localcontext()} function to temporarily change the
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active context.
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\begin{funcdesc}{localcontext}{\optional{c}}
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Return a context manager that will set the current context for
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the active thread to a copy of \var{c} on entry to the with statement
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and restore the previous context when exiting the with statement.
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and restore the previous context when exiting the with statement. If
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no context is specified, a copy of the current context is used.
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For example the following code increases the current decimal precision
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by 2 places, performs a calculation, and then automatically restores
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by 42 places, performs a calculation, and then automatically restores
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the previous context:
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\begin{verbatim}
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from __future__ import with_statement
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import decimal
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with decimal.localcontext() as ctx:
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ctx.prec += 2 # add 2 more digits of precision
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ctx.prec = 42 # Perform a high precision calculation
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s = calculate_something()
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s = +s # Round the final result back to the default precision
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\end{verbatim}
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The context that is held by the context manager and made active in the
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body of the \keyword{with} statement is a \emph{copy} of the context
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you provide to this function, so modifying its attributes doesn't
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affect anything except that temporary copy.
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\end{funcdesc}
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The context that's active in the body of the \keyword{with} statement is
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a \emph{copy} of the context you provided to the \keyword{with}
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statement, so modifying its attributes doesn't affect anything except
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that temporary copy.
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You can use any decimal context in a \keyword{with} statement, but if
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you just want to make a temporary change to some aspect of the current
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context, it's easiest to just use \function{getcontext()} as shown
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above.
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New contexts can also be created using the \class{Context} constructor
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described below. In addition, the module provides three pre-made
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contexts:
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