pydata/pandas — pull request #5752 by y-p (2013-12-19 22:42:42+00:00)
Title: Expose option context as top level API

Moving `option_context` to toplevel rather then making set_option a context manager means
a one line change instead of metaclasses and config_prefix subtlety and the rest of the ich.
When a given approach to something explodes in complexity I'll [bravely, bravely run away](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZwuTo7zKM8) every single time.

closes #5618
supercedes #5625.

@jtratner, your points about config_prefix being broken are valid, feel free to pick up in the future
if you're so inclined.

cc @jseabold