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Summary

  • Keep ContextVar.name as the constructor str object instead of converting it to a Rust String.
  • Lone surrogates and str subclasses are preserved, matching var_name.
  • Build ContextVar.__repr__ from the name and default reprs.

Test plan

  • cargo run -- extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_contextvars.py
  • cargo run --release -- -m test test_context
  • cargo clippy -p rustpython-stdlib --all-targets -- -D warnings

Assisted-by: Grok:4.6

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved ContextVar name handling so names containing uncommon characters, including lone surrogates, are preserved correctly.
    • Preserved the original string object when accessing a context variable’s name, including for string subclasses.
    • Improved ContextVar representations to accurately display names and default values.
    • Invalid non-string names now consistently raise TypeError.
    • Contexts now support equality comparisons and are correctly unhashable.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for context creation, nesting, copying, lookup, equality, and reentrant variable updates.
    • Added coverage for name preservation, string subclasses, special characters, and invalid input.

Keep the constructor argument instead of converting it to a Rust String
so lone surrogates and str subclasses are preserved. Build __repr__
from the name and default reprs.

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ContextVar now preserves names as PyStrRef values and uses repr for names and defaults. PyContext is unhashable and supports equality comparison, including reentrant value comparisons.

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ContextVars behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
ContextVar name storage and representation
crates/stdlib/src/contextvars.rs, extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_contextvars.py
ContextVar stores and returns names as PyStrRef values. Construction preserves the original name object. Representation uses repr for the name and default value. Tests cover surrogate-containing names, string subclasses, and invalid names.
PyContext equality and hashability
crates/stdlib/src/contextvars.rs, extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_contextvars.py
PyContext is unhashable and supports equality comparison through snapshotted variable pairs. Tests cover context isolation, copying, equality, unhashability, and reentrant mutation during comparison.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8ff97

This change adds Context equality, but concurrent reciprocal comparisons may deadlock and indefinitely stall affected threads. Use a stable map-lock acquisition order before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant PyContext
  participant VM
  Caller->>PyContext: compare contexts
  PyContext->>PyContext: snapshot variable pairs
  PyContext->>VM: compare values with bool_eq
  VM-->>PyContext: return comparison result
  PyContext-->>Caller: return equality result
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Implement Context ==/!= from the mapping contents and mark Context
unhashable. Snapshot the map before value equality so re-entrant
ContextVar.set during __eq__ cannot deadlock.

Enable test_context.ContextTest.test_context_run_4.

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📦 Library Dependencies

The following Lib/ modules were modified. Here are their dependencies:

[x] test: cpython/Lib/test/test_context.py

dependencies:

dependent tests: (11 tests)
- [ ] multiprocessing: test_asyncio test_compileall test_concurrent_futures test_fcntl test_genericalias test_logging test_memoryview test_multiprocessing_main_handling test_re test_socket
- [ ] concurrent.futures.process: test_concurrent_futures

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  • [x] up-to-date, [ ] outdated

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In `@crates/stdlib/src/contextvars.rs`:
- Line 334: Update vars_eq to acquire the left and right context-variable maps
in a deterministic context-identity order, preventing reciprocal comparisons
from deadlocking while retaining the original left/right orientation when
constructing pairs. Add a threading regression test that performs reciprocal
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// Snapshot first: value __eq__ may re-enter Context.run / ContextVar.set.
let pairs: Vec<(PyObjectRef, PyObjectRef)> = {
let left_vars = left.borrow_vars();
let right_vars = right.borrow_vars();

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Use a deterministic map-lock order.

In threading builds, start_new_thread runs Python code on separate OS threads, and PyMutex is a blocking mutex. vars_eq acquires the left lock before the right lock, while the reciprocal comparison uses the reverse order. Concurrent comparisons can therefore deadlock. Acquire both locks in stable context-identity order, then preserve the original left/right orientation when building pairs. Add a two-thread regression test with a bounded join timeout.

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In `@crates/stdlib/src/contextvars.rs` at line 334, Update vars_eq to acquire the
left and right context-variable maps in a deterministic context-identity order,
preventing reciprocal comparisons from deadlocking while retaining the original
left/right orientation when constructing pairs. Add a threading regression test
that performs reciprocal comparisons on two threads and joins each with a
bounded timeout.

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