[Python-ideas] Inline Functions - idea

[Guido van Rossum]

On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:37 PM, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:

> On 2014-02-06 00:15, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us
>> <mailto:ethan at stoneleaf.us>> wrote:
>>
>>     Possibly, but it's easy enough to simulate (at least in a read-only
>>     fashion) with **locals().
>>
>>
>> Eew. Use of locals() for any purpose other than debugging should be
>> discouraged.
>>
>>  Even when you're using "format_map"?
>

Yes. Explicit is better than implicit. locals() is hard for the compiler to
get right -- I wouldn't be surprised if some compilers would have to
generate less optimal code if locals() is used. (Similar to
sys._getframe().)

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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