Why read-only nested scopes?

[Gonçalo Rodrigues]

On 04 Sep 2002 18:47:34 +0200, loewis at informatik.hu-berlin.de (Martin v.
Löwis) wrote:

>Gonçalo Rodrigues <op73418 at mail.telepac.pt> writes:
>
>> So why hasn't this been extended when nested scopes were introduced,
>> e.g. by reusing the global directive or some other one? 
>
>I think the main reason is that nobody could propose an acceptable
>syntax. Reusing the global directive does not work.

Can you explain why it does not work?

>
>Regards,
>Martin

All the best,
Gonçalo Rodrigues