nested scopes

[Michael Hudson]

Robin Becker <robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> writes:

> Is it really true that J Hylton's nested scopes will cause code like
> 
> def bingo():
>   from string import *
>   ....
> 
> to be declared bad?

I'm not sure about how hard a requirement it is.  It is illegal in
current CVS and probably will be in 2.1a2.  Subsequent enormous howls
of protest might result in a more gentle solution.  We shall see.

Cheers,
M.

-- 
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