[Python-Dev] Informal educator feedback on PEP 572 (was Re: 2018 Python Language Summit coverage, last part) (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Wed Jun 27 20:16:41 EDT 2018


Tim Peters wrote:

If the parent has a matching parentlocal declaration for the same name then the original really refers to the grandparent - and so on.

Ah, I missed that part, sorry -- I withdraw that particular objecttion.

Still, this seems like a major addition (seeing as it comes with a new keyword) whose justification is very little more than "it makes explaining comprehension scopes easier".

-- Greg



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