loop scope

[Dan Bishop]

Josiah Carlson <jcarlson at nospam.uci.edu> wrote in message news:<c3d4r8$gho$2 at news.service.uci.edu>...
> > One way to avoid this problem is to have an explicit scope-creating
> > construct instead.
> > 
> > def foo(a):
> >    scope outer:
> >       a = 3
> >       scope inner:
> >          a = 4
> >          print a            # prints 4
> >          print outer.a      # prints 3
> >          print foo.a        # prints the function parameter
> >       print a               # inner.a is out of scope, so prints 3
> >       foo.b = 5             # Creates a new function-scope variable.
> >    print b                  # prints 5
> 
> Ick.  Thank god Python doesn't seem to be heading in this direction.

I agree.  Just because this was my idea doesn't mean I have to like it ;-)

I'm satified with the scope rules the way they are, except for list comprehensions.