[Python-Dev] Explicit Lexical Scoping (pre-PEP?)
Nick Coghlan
ncoghlan at gmail.com
Thu Jul 6 13:50:32 CEST 2006
Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> At 07:27 PM 7/5/2006 +0200, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> However I still don't believe "global" has the stretchiness in its
>> meaning that you claim it has. Have you ever heard a Python programmer
>> talking about closures use the word "global variable"?
>>
>> Are there any other native speakers who side with Michael?
>
> I don't, and am -1 on using "global" to mean "outer".
Another -1 on stretching the meaning of global here. I quite like 'nonlocal',
though.
Cheers,
Nick.
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