Why functional Python matters

[Dave Benjamin]

In article <mailman.1050453385.17091.python-list at python.org>,
Jp Calderone wrote:
>   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".

Ahh... this sounds familiar. Thanks, and sorry for the confusion. =)

Now, just to be thorough, the reason Python doesn't support "full lexical
scoping" is...? I'm guessing that it doesn't apply to classes (thus still
necessitating the use of self.*). Anything else?

Thanks,
Dave