What happens to context managed resources in a return

example.py

class Thing():
    def __init__(self):
        self.name = 'thing'
        print('setup')

    def __enter__(self):
        print('enter')
        return self

    def __exit__(self, *args):
        self.name = None

def get_thing():
    with Thing() as thing:
        print("connection: I got the {}".format(thing.name))
        return thing

thing = get_thing()
print("main: I got the {}".format(thing.name))

output.txt

setup
enter
connection: I got the thing
exit
main: I got the None