[Python-Dev] LOAD_NAME & classes

[Patrick K. O'Brien]

[Guido van Rossum]
> Why is the fact that this works:
>
>     x = 12
>     def f():
>         print x
>
> a "fortunate" side effect?  That's how the language works!

Yes. I got a fresh cup of coffee and smashed my head against a wall and now
my mental processes appear to be working again. At least, there's more
squeaking and rattling. My previous choice of words now appears to be
rather... unfortunate. <wink>

> I think you've got it backwards.  My complaint is that if f() above
> eventually grew 150 lines of unrelated code ending with an unrelated
> assignment to a local variable x, the breakage would show up at an
> unexpected point.  Except for this one, it's hard to make a change at
> the *tail* of a function that breaks something at the beginning!

Yes, I don't know what I was thinking. Maybe I need a donut. Thanks.

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Patrick K. O'Brien
Orbtech