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[Python-Dev] Let's table the discussion of replacing 'global'

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Mon Oct 27 12:29:49 EST 2003 
> I'm going to make a suggestion.  Let's shelve this topic for the time being
> and simply summarize the issues in an informational PEP aimed at
> Py3k.

Great idea.  I'm getting tired of it too; Alex and I don't seem to be
getting an inch closer to each other.

> We don't even know (at least I don't) if we want an implicit search
> for outer scope variables or an explicit specification of which
> scope such variables should be defined in.  If, for some reason,
> nested scopes make a quick exit in Py3k, this would all be moot
> anyway.

Sorry to disappoint you, but nested scopes aren't going away.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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