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Python's contextlib module provides helpers for building and using with-statement context managers. It supports cleanup, optional resources, exception suppression, output redirection, directory changes, and dynamic cleanup stacks.

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3.2

Syntax

from contextlib import contextmanager, nullcontext, suppress, ExitStack

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  • AbstractContextManager
  • AbstractAsyncContextManager
  • contextmanager
  • aclosing
  • nullcontext
  • suppress
  • redirect_stdout
  • redirect_stderr

Source: contextlib — Utilities for with-statement contexts — Python 3.15.2 documentation. Checked 2026-11-03.