--- a/reportlab/lib/utils.py	Mon Jan 31 16:47:03 2005 +0000
+++ b/reportlab/lib/utils.py	Wed Feb 02 14:40:15 2005 +0000
@@ -774,3 +774,31 @@
         _ = func(sys._getframe(depth).f_locals)
         if _: return _
         depth += 1
+
+def makeRLContext(name=None):
+    class RL_Context:
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.name = name
+    return RL_Context()
+
+def getRLContext(getframe=sys._getframe, rlcn='__rl_context__'):
+    '''
+    Skeleton code
+    '''
+    depth = 1
+    while 1:
+        f = getframe(depth)
+        L = f.f_locals
+        if L.has_key(rlcn):
+            rl_context = L[rlcn]
+            break
+        if L.has_key('__name__') and L['__name__']=='__main__':
+            rl_context = L[rlcn] = makeRLContext()
+            break
+        depth += 1
+    depth -= 1
+    while depth>=1:
+        f = getframe(depth)
+        f.f_locals[rlcn] = rl_context
+        depth -= 1
+    return rl_context