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Exact type of 'context' parameter in algorithm methods & how it is constructed under the hood

Hello,

I'm new to Quantopian and I'm getting started with writing & backtesting trading algorithms on the online platform. I understand the purpose of the 'context' parameter as a way for variables to persist between different methods of an algorithm, but I don't know what type 'context' actually is or how it's initialized under the hood. Does anyone have any details on this?

Thanks for the help,
Isaac