[Python-Dev] scope-collapse

[Guido van Rossum]

[Jim jewett]
> The pretend-it-is-a-generator proposals try to specify that only
> certain names will be shared, in only certain ways.

Huh? I don't see it this way. There is *no* sharing between the frame
of the generator and the frame of the block. The block is a permanent
part of the frame surrounding the with-statement, so all names are
shared there.

> > Would make more sense if the collapse keyword was at the module level.
> 
> ???  Are you suggesting that everything defined in the module must live
> in a single namespace, just because the collapse was wanted in one place?

No, I was just proposing putting 'collapse foo' in the module, which
would mean that (a) the definition of foo is intended to be a macro,
and (b) all uses of foo are intended to call that macro.

But I still think this whole proposal is built on quicksand, so don't
take that suggestion too seriously.

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