Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

[Jacek Generowicz]

David Eppstein <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> writes:

> To clarify, by "unlike lisp" I meant only that defun doesn't nest

... and now you'll have to clarify what you mean by "defun doesn't
nest" ...

> of course you could use flet, or bind a variable to a lambda, or
> whatever.

Yes, you use flet (or labels) if you want a local function definition,
and defun if you want a global one. Lisp caters for both
possibilities. Does Python ?

(And by "cater" I do _not_ mean

  def foo(...):
      ...

  globals()['foo'] = foo


Now, if Python had macros ...

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