[Python-Dev] Explicit Lexical Scoping (pre-PEP?) (original) (raw)

Ka-Ping Yee python-dev at zesty.ca
Sun Jul 9 20:50:00 CEST 2006


On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Andrew Koenig wrote:

> Sounds reasonable to me. If we're talking py3k I'd chuck "global" as a > keyword though and replace it with something like "outer".

I must say that I don't like "outer" any more than I like "global." The problem is that in both cases we are selecting the innermost definition that isn't in the current scope.

That's why "nonlocal" is a better choice in my opinion.

-- ?!ng



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