[Python-ideas] PEP 572: Statement-Local Name Bindings

[Chris Angelico]

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 6:54 AM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> Thanks for taking the time to write this PEP, Chris, even though I'm -1 on
> the idea. I'm glad to just have this as a historical document for the idea.

I'm going to get a reputation for writing up PEPs for dead ideas. PEP
463 (exception-catching expressions) was the same. In this particular
case, I'm fairly in favour of it, but only because I think it's cool -
not because I have actual need for it - and if the PEP's rejected, so
be it.

ChrisA