[Python-Dev] elimination of scope bleeding ofiteration variables

[Guido van Rossum]

Don't worry. This isn't going to change. Someone please update PEP 3099.

On 5/2/06, Delaney, Timothy (Tim) <tdelaney at avaya.com> wrote:
> Josiah Carlson wrote:
>
> >     for line in lines:
> >         line = line.rstrip()
> >         ...
>
> Exactly the use case I was thinking of (and one I used yesterday BTW).
>
> I'm -1 on *dis*allowing reusing a name bound in a for loop in any
> construct i.e. +1 for the status quo.

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