nested scopes

[Michael Hudson]

"Rainer Deyke" <root at rainerdeyke.com> writes:

> "Michael Hudson" <mwh21 at cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:m3lmrj35z6.fsf at atrus.jesus.cam.ac.uk...
> > "Rainer Deyke" <root at rainerdeyke.com> writes:
> > > Some Python functions (including 'globals' and 'locals') have behavior
> > > similar to that of dynamic scoping.
> >
> > How so?  Note I'm using "dynamic scope" in a pretty technical sense
> > here - "indefinite scope and dynamic extent".  Python variables have
> > definite scope and dynamic extent (although the objects they point to
> > have indefinite extent).
> 
> I am referring to the fact that these functions access the namespace of the
> calling function.

Oh, I see (I think).  I wouldn't have said that was an instructive
example myself.

Cheers,
M.

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