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

[Nick Coghlan]

Greg Ewing wrote:
> Nick Coghlan wrote:
> 
>> Re-using 'global' wasn't popular because it would actually be *wrong* 
>> for the new semantics
> 
> All things considered, re-using "global" is
> what I'd be most in favour of at the moment.
> 
> I don't agree that it's wrong -- it's perfectly
> legitimate to regard "local" and "global" as
> relative terms, i.e. anything not local to you
> is global from your point of view.

Except that the term currently refers specifically to module globals. Names in 
nested scopes are typically referred to as closure variables, not as any 
flavour of global.

You *could* try to change the meaning of global as you describe, but I believe 
it would be horribly confusing ("wait, do you mean a real module global, or do 
you mean a non-local variable?").

Cheers,
Nick.

P.S. In case it wasn't clear, I'm personally fine with 'nonlocal'. The only 
objections I've seen to the term are that it's a negative definition (but the 
concept itself is a negative one) and the word looks ugly to some folks. 
Neither of those objections bothers me overly much :)


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