At 07:27 PM 7/5/2006 +0200, Guido van Rossum wrote: >However I still don't believe "global" has the stretchiness in its >meaning that you claim it has. Have you ever heard a Python programmer >talking about closures use the word "global variable"? > >Are there any other native speakers who side with Michael?
I don't, and am -1 on using "global" to mean "outer". Of course, I also don't really care for using "global" to refer to a module level variable, or it being the only non-executable statement in Python, but these are very minor things and relatively easily explained to the programmers I've worked with. Using "global" to mean "outer", on the other hand, would surely lead to much wailing and grinding of teeth in response to any attempt at rational explanation. :) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
