Inner classes

[Mats Wichmann]

Java provides inner classes.  They have some interesting properties,
but mostly smell to me like a hack to get around things being too
strongly typed in Java.  Probably I'm missing some great point here.

Nonetheless, I was challenged by someone to describe how it isn't a
shorcoming in Python that classes don't work this way and didn't
convince the guy so I'm looking for a more erudite comparison.

Mats

Mats Wichmann

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