Update to PEP 227 (static scoping)

[Fredrik Lundh]

I wrote:
> Note that in real life, "free" means "global or builtin".  For example,
> this common Tkinter pattern will no longer compile:
>
> import sys
> def makeui():
>     from Tkinter import *
>     def callback():
>         print "bye"
>         sys.exit(1)
>     Button(command=callback).pack()
>
> # gives an error on line two (the first def statement)

also note that one easy way to fix this is to use the
default argument hack (!):

    import sys
    def makeui():
        from Tkinter import *
        def callback(sys=sys):
            print "bye"
            sys.exit(1) # this works!?
        Button(command=callback).pack()

I'm glad I didn't sign up to do that Python book ;-)

Cheers /F