Make getContext softer #4536
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What is the feature you are proposing?
getContext is definitely useful right now, but only in the context of a request.
I'm guessing that one of its most popular uses is in a logging function -- but those can be called outside of a request context too, and then it throws an error. Using a try/catch is both extra runtime baggage and extra verbiage.
It would be simpler -- for such cases -- if it simply didn't throw the error.
Changing its type would most likely be problematic for existing code, and adding some flag to contextStorage would be ugly. So, a simpler solution is to add some new getContextIfAny which would be the same as getContext except for not throwing the error (so, a quick one-liner).