[Python-Dev] closure semantics
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Tue Oct 21 19:09:28 EDT 2003
> Why not make local variables attributes of the function, i.e.
> replace:
>
> def inner():
> global x in outer
> x = 42
>
> with:
>
> def inner():
> outer.x = 42
Because this already means something! outer.x refers to the attribute
x of function outer. That's quite different than local variable x of
the most recent invocation of outer on the current thread's call stack!
> Global variables could then be assigned via:
> global.x = 42
This has a tiny bit of appeal, but not enough to bother.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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