[Python-Dev] locals(), closures, and IronPython...

[Aahz]

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007, Andrew Dalke wrote:
> On 3/5/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know too many good use cases for
>> locals() apart from "learning about the implementation" I think this
>> might be okay.
> 
> Since I'm watching this list for any discussion on the traceback
> threads, I figured I would point out the most common use I know
> for locals() is in string interpolation when there are many local
> variables, eg:
> 
>    a = "spam"
>    b = "egg"
>     ...
>    y = "foo"
>    z = "bar"
> 
>   print fmtstr % locals()

I'll second this one.
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