Why functional Python matters

[Jp Calderone]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 11:17:26PM -0000, Dave Benjamin wrote:
> In article <yfs7k9vcu2p.fsf at black132.ex.ac.uk>, Alexander Schmolck wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> >> keyword-argument trick wasn't really that bad, once you got used to it. In
> >> any case, with dynamic scoping, this problem has completely disappeared.
> >                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > not quite.
> 
> Am I using the wrong terminology here? I'm specifically talking about the
> named-argument hack to get around Python's previous lack of nested scopes.
> This specific problem, as far as I know, is gone now. Am I missing something?
> 

  I think you meant "partial lexical scoping" ;)  Dynamic scoping is what
Python used to do.  Since it isn't quite lexical scoping, it's best to just
stick with the term "nested scopes".

> [snip]

  Jp

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