Implemented a separate application context.

flask/app.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from .helpers import _PackageBoundObject, url_for, get_flashed_messages, \
     find_package
 from .wrappers import Request, Response
 from .config import ConfigAttribute, Config
-from .ctx import RequestContext
+from .ctx import RequestContext, AppContext
 from .globals import _request_ctx_stack, request
 from .sessions import SecureCookieSessionInterface
 from .module import blueprint_is_module
@@ -1458,6 +1458,21 @@ class Flask(_PackageBoundObject):
                 return rv
         request_tearing_down.send(self)
 
+    def app_context(self):
+        """Binds the application only.  For as long as the application is bound
+        to the current context the :data:`flask.current_app` points to that
+        application.  An application context is automatically created when a
+        request context is pushed if necessary.
+
+        Example usage::
+
+            with app.app_context():
+                ...
+
+        .. versionadded:: 0.9
+        """
+        return AppContext(self)
+
     def request_context(self, environ):
         """Creates a :class:`~flask.ctx.RequestContext` from the given
         environment and binds it to the current context.  This must be used in

flask/ctx.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException
 
-from .globals import _request_ctx_stack
+from .globals import _request_ctx_stack, _app_ctx_stack
 from .module import blueprint_is_module
 
 
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ class _RequestGlobals(object):
     pass
 
 
+def _push_app_if_necessary(app):
+    top = _app_ctx_stack.top
+    if top is None or top.app != app:
+        ctx = app.app_context()
+        ctx.push()
+        return ctx
+
+
 def has_request_context():
     """If you have code that wants to test if a request context is there or
     not this function can be used.  For instance, you may want to take advantage
@@ -51,6 +59,36 @@ def has_request_context():
     return _request_ctx_stack.top is not None
 
 
+class AppContext(object):
+    """The application context binds an application object implicitly
+    to the current thread or greenlet, similar to how the
+    :class:`RequestContext` binds request information.  The application
+    context is also implicitly created if a request context is created
+    but the application is not on top of the individual application
+    context.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, app):
+        self.app = app
+
+    def push(self):
+        """Binds the app context to the current context."""
+        _app_ctx_stack.push(self)
+
+    def pop(self):
+        """Pops the app context."""
+        rv = _app_ctx_stack.pop()
+        assert rv is self, 'Popped wrong app context.  (%r instead of %r)' \
+            % (rv, self)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.push()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, tb):
+        self.pop()
+
+
 class RequestContext(object):
     """The request context contains all request relevant information.  It is
     created at the beginning of the request and pushed to the
@@ -93,6 +131,11 @@ class RequestContext(object):
         # is pushed the preserved context is popped.
         self.preserved = False
 
+        # Indicates if pushing this request context also triggered the pushing
+        # of an application context.  If it implicitly pushed an application
+        # context, it will be stored there
+        self._pushed_application_context = None
+
         self.match_request()
 
         # XXX: Support for deprecated functionality.  This is going away with
@@ -130,6 +173,10 @@ class RequestContext(object):
         if top is not None and top.preserved:
             top.pop()
 
+        # Before we push the request context we have to ensure that there
+        # is an application context.
+        self._pushed_application_context = _push_app_if_necessary(self.app)
+
         _request_ctx_stack.push(self)
 
         # Open the session at the moment that the request context is
@@ -154,6 +201,11 @@ class RequestContext(object):
         # so that we don't require the GC to be active.
         rv.request.environ['werkzeug.request'] = None
 
+        # Get rid of the app as well if necessary.
+        if self._pushed_application_context:
+            self._pushed_application_context.pop()
+            self._pushed_application_context = None
+
     def __enter__(self):
         self.push()
         return self

flask/globals.py

@@ -20,9 +20,17 @@ def _lookup_object(name):
     return getattr(top, name)
 
 
+def _find_app():
+    top = _app_ctx_stack.top
+    if top is None:
+        raise RuntimeError('working outside of application context')
+    return top.app
+
+
 # context locals
 _request_ctx_stack = LocalStack()
-current_app = LocalProxy(partial(_lookup_object, 'app'))
+_app_ctx_stack = LocalStack()
+current_app = LocalProxy(_find_app)
 request = LocalProxy(partial(_lookup_object, 'request'))
 session = LocalProxy(partial(_lookup_object, 'session'))
 g = LocalProxy(partial(_lookup_object, 'g'))