[Python-Dev] nonlocal x = value (original) (raw)

Laurens Van Houtven lvh at laurensvh.be
Thu Dec 23 22:03:49 CET 2010


On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

Yes and no -- there may not be an ambiguity to the parser, but still to the human.  Except if you disallow the syntax in any case, requiring people to write

nonlocal x = (3, y) which is then again inconsistent with ordinary assignment statements. Georg

Right -- but (and hence the confusion) I was arguing for not mixing global/nonlocal with assignment at all, and instead having nonlocal and global only take one or more names. That would (obviously) remove any such ambiguity ;-)

cheers lvh



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