[Python-ideas] the optional "as" statement inside "if" statements

[Masklinn]

On 2012-07-04, at 18:35 , Devin Jeanpierre wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Matt Joiner <anacrolix at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There's no point doing this in Python since scoping is function-level
>> and not lexical. Just move the assignment to the line preceding the if
>> statement.
> 
> I'm not sure what distinction you want to draw here between "lexical
> scoping" and "function-level scoping". Is your issue that scopes
> cannot be inferred during the lexing phase? Or is it something else?

Guessing he misused "lexical scoping" for block-based scoping (as in
e.g. C) or explicit scoping constructs (e.g. `let`-type constructs).

> Generally, AIUI, because lexical scoping is only really interesting in
> contrast to static scoping

And I see you miswrite as well, "lexical scoping" and "static scoping"
are the same thing, and opposed to "dynamic scoping" (where name
resolution traverses the call stack).