[Python-Dev] Lexical scoping in Python 3k

Ka-Ping Yee python-dev at zesty.ca
Sun Jul 2 00:50:22 CEST 2006


On Sat, 1 Jul 2006, Greg Ewing wrote:
> I don't disagree with anything you said, but I think it
> would be a good idea to avoid using phrases like "proper
> lexical scopes", which is likely to set people off on
> a tangent. The issue isn't lexicality, it's writeability.

"Fully functional" lexical scopes, then?  Python's scopes are
lexical (except for builtins) but currently somewhat hamstrung.


-- ?!ng


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