... # nothing to split on - line too long
```
-So _Black_ will eventually format it like this:
+So _Black_ will, when we implement this, format it like this:
```py3
with \
- make_context_manager(1) as cm1, \
- make_context_manager(2) as cm2, \
- make_context_manager(3) as cm3, \
- make_context_manager(4) as cm4 \
+ make_context_manager1() as cm1, \
+ make_context_manager2() as cm2, \
+ make_context_manager3() as cm3, \
+ make_context_manager4() as cm4 \
:
... # backslashes and an ugly stranded colon
```
-Although when the target version is Python 3.9 or higher, _Black_ will use parentheses
-instead since they're allowed in Python 3.9 and higher.
+Although when the target version is Python 3.9 or higher, _Black_ uses parentheses
+instead in `--preview` mode (see below) since they're allowed in Python 3.9 and higher.
-## Improved string processing
+An alternative to consider if the backslashes in the above formatting are undesirable is
+to use {external:py:obj}`contextlib.ExitStack` to combine context managers in the
+following way:
-Currently, _Black_ does not split long strings to fit the line length limit. Currently,
-there is [an experimental option](labels/experimental-string) to enable splitting
-strings. We plan to enable this option by default once it is fully stable. This is
+```python
+with contextlib.ExitStack() as exit_stack:
+ cm1 = exit_stack.enter_context(make_context_manager1())
+ cm2 = exit_stack.enter_context(make_context_manager2())
+ cm3 = exit_stack.enter_context(make_context_manager3())
+ cm4 = exit_stack.enter_context(make_context_manager4())
+ ...
+```
+
+## Preview style
+
+Experimental, potentially disruptive style changes are gathered under the `--preview`
+CLI flag. At the end of each year, these changes may be adopted into the default style,
+as described in [The Black Code Style](./index.rst). Because the functionality is
+experimental, feedback and issue reports are highly encouraged!
+
+### Improved string processing
+
+_Black_ will split long string literals and merge short ones. Parentheses are used where
+appropriate. When split, parts of f-strings that don't need formatting are converted to
+plain strings. User-made splits are respected when they do not exceed the line length
+limit. Line continuation backslashes are converted into parenthesized strings.
+Unnecessary parentheses are stripped. The stability and status of this feature is
tracked in [this issue](https://github.com/psf/black/issues/2188).