[Python-3000] ugly pie: a "var" keyword

Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk qrczak at knm.org.pl
Mon Oct 9 20:49:38 CEST 2006


Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> writes:

> Which is a sure way to cause all kind of frigging bugs if you forget to
> put "var", because then your variable is global, which is fine when it's
> a plain int or string, not when it's a complex object whose mere
> existence changes lots of things.

When it's not specified in which scope a variable is created,
it should be an error.

"When in doubt, refuse the temptation to guess".

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