Suggestion: Python global scope

[Gerhard Häring]

Anonymous Bastard wrote:
> I've been tossing this idea in my mind for some time now:
> 
> In Python, declaring a variable using the global statement automatically 
> makes it available in all subsequent scopes.
> 
> But to me, it makes more sense to use the global statement to 'import' a 
> variable from the global scope into the current scope. For instance:
> 
> [code]
> global X
> X = 1
> 
> def P():
>     X = 2
>     print X
>     global X
>     print X
> 
> print X
> P()
> print X
> [code]
> 
> Currently, this will print 1, 2, 2 and 2. But if global would be limited 
> to current scope, it would print 1, 2, 1, 1.
> 
> 'X = 2' would work on the local version of X, 'global X' will 'import' 
> the global X into the local scope, so any actions on X would reference 
> the global X, rather than previous X.

Anything backwards incompatible like this will never happen.

-- Gerhard