[Python-Dev] PEP 558: Defined semantics for locals()

[Armin Rigo]

Hi,

On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 17:28, Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org> wrote:
> On 23May2019 0636, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> > However, I think the PR does show that the proposed technique can be
> > implemented without too much additional code complexity, and will
> > hopefully be adaptable for all implementations that emulate the frame
> > API at all.
>
> Much excitement!
>
> One of the things I like best about this change is that it actually
> makes it *easier* for alternative implementations to use a simpler frame
> object without having to emulate CPython semantics (I'd love to get to a
> place where bug-for-bug compatibility wasn't required, but this is where
> we are right now so *shrug*).

Thanks Nick for getting this through!

A bientôt,
Armin