[Python-ideas] PEP 3150 (statement local namespaces) updated based on April discussion

[Nick Coghlan]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:37 AM, geremy condra <debatem1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, just to make sure I'm being clear- Nick, I'm not trying to bash
> your code. I just think that right now this lends itself to some
> really hard-to-understand constructions.

There's a reason PEP 3150 has two sections ("PEP Deferral" and "Key
Concern") devoted to explaining why it's current state is Deferred
rather than Draft. When *I'm* not convinced it's a good idea, I'm not
at all inclined to take offense when people see serious problems with
the concept :)

With PEP 343, we managed to find a sweet spot that allowed a great
deal of flexibility without unduly encouraging obfuscated code.

I've yet to find a similar sweet spot with PEP 3150 or related ideas.
I feel there's a seed of a useful concept in there somewhere, but
mostly it just creates two ways to do too many things.

Cheers,
Nick.

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