What is a Python context manager and what dunder methods must a class implement to support `with`?

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What is a Python context manager and what dunder methods must a class implement to support `with`?

Key points

  • Context managers handle resource management in Python
  • __enter__ is called at the beginning of the with block
  • __exit__ is called at the end and can handle exceptions
  • Other dunder methods like __alloc__ and __free__ are not used for context management

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