[Tutor] Thoughts on little lambda

[Scott Widney]

> Errr...
> 
> I tried this particular excersise and had a problem...
> 
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> Python 2.1.1 (#20, Jul 20 2001, 01:19:29) [MSC 32 bit 
> (Intel)] on win32
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> IDLE 0.8 -- press F1 for help
> >>> def addn(n):
> 	return lambda x:x+n
> SyntaxError: local name 'n' in 'addn' shadows use of 'n' as 
> global in nested
> scope 'lambda' (<pyshell#1>, line 1)
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> 
> Am I missing something?

from __future__ import nested_scopes


Scott