Python 1.6 and Python 3000's new features?

[Raoul-Sam Daruwala]

will python3000 have proper scoping? ie. will code like

y = 5
f = lambda x: x * y
t = f(3)

work? or will we still have to play inane games and use

f = lamdba x,y=y:x*y

which, if I'd known about it in time, would have sent me fleeing from python
altogether.

r-s

Fredrik Lundh wrote:

> Alessandro Bottoni wrote:
> > [Python 3000] The contents of this version are still under discussion, but
> > will almost certainly be backward-incompatible.
>
> > [Python 1.6] In addition, Guido will include some existing bug fixes and
> > probably Fredrik Lundh's new regular expressions engine
> >
> > Why Python 3000 should be backward-incompatible? Is it possible to have a
> > "big-picture" of this major version?
>
> spring cleaning.  get rid of most warts, add typing, clean
> up the (rather messy, by now) standard library.  etc.
>
> > Why new regular expressions? What was wrong with the "old" re module?
>
> it doesn't support unicode.
>
> </F>