[Python-Dev] closure semantics
Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy)
tdelaney at avaya.com
Sun Oct 26 22:31:12 EST 2003
> From: Greg Ewing [mailto:greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz]
>
> > Is that compatible with current use? I think the current
> semantics are that
> > global <name> always binds name to an object with that name
> at module scope.
>
> No, it's not quite compatible, but I don't think
> it's likely to break anything much in practice.
I'm almost 100% sure that it will. People tend to use the same short variable names for things, and nested functions had *better* be related ...
We could not use an unadorned 'global' for such a change in semantics. It would require a new keyword.
Tim Delaney
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