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

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Thu Dec 23 22:16:22 CET 2010

Am 23.12.2010 22:03, schrieb Laurens Van Houtven:

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 ;-)

Oh yes, I see -- not sure why I worded it like I did. I just wanted to reiterate the most obvious problematic point to people who hadn't followed the earlier discussions about it. Sorry.

Georg

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