Zen of Python

[Fredrik Lundh]

Paul Rubin wrote:

>> > Some languages let you say things like:
>> >   for (var x = 0; x < 10; x++)
>> >      do_something(x);
>> > and that limits the scope of x to the for loop.
>>
>> depending on the compiler version, compiler switches, IDE settings, etc.
>
> Huh?  I'm not sure what you're talking about.

guess you haven't used some languages that do this long enough.

in some early C++ compilers, the scope for "x" was limited to the scope
containing the for loop, not the for loop itself.  some commercial compilers
still default to that behaviour.

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