Unification of Methods and Functions

[Greg Chapman]

On Mon, 03 May 2004 11:44:06 -0700, David MacQuigg <dmq at gain.com> wrote:

>It seems to work in Michele Simionato's 'prototype' module.
>{ comp.lang.python, 4/28/04, "Prototypes in Python"}  It is global
>only to the called function, but the key requirement is met -- no
>alteration of the standard function calling sequence.
>
>Why can't it be a true global?

If I understand correctly, one drawback of his approach is that methods cannot
rebind globals.  A STORE_GLOBAL opcode will store its value into the globs
dictionary created when the method was fetched; this dictionary is not the same
as the module's dictionary, so the changed global will only be visible within
that method (and within that method call: the next time the method is fetched, a
new globs will be created).

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Greg Chapman