Overcoming herpetophobia (or what's up w/ Python scopes)?

[Hughes, Chad O]

I am very familiar with Python, but I don't know Pearl. In order to
answer your question, you will have to tell me about your statement, "I
couldn't live without closures and without the fine control over scopes
that Pearl provides."  I don't know what these things are to Pearl.  If
you tell me what these features are in Pearl and what you use them for,
I can tell you if Python has them as well.

Chad

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I'm a Perlhead (there, I said it).  Years ago I made a genuine attempt
to learn Python, but my intense disappointed with the way Python deals
with scopes ultimately sapped my enthusiasm.  I couldn't live without
closures and without the fine control over scopes that Perl provides.

I've been wanting to make another attempt to (re)learn Python for a
while, but this scopes business remained a major damper.  What's pushing
me over my reluctance is having to work with a large in-house package
developed in Python.

I am hoping that it may be better this time around.  For one thing, like
Perl, Python was then (and maybe still is) a "work in progress." So I
figure that Python scoping may have improved since then.  Even if not, I
think that Python is mature enough by now that adequate alternatives
must have been devised for the Perlish features that I missed during my
first attempt.

My question is: is there any tutorial on Python scoping aimed at diehard
Perlheads?

Thanks!

kj

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