John Buckman wrote:
> HOWEVER, Jeremy wrote:
> You could throw the handle name into a namespace variable. They don't
> currently get cleaned up.
>
> and he's absolutely right, as code like this:
>
> catch {namespace eval space {}}
> catch {adp_puts $space:x}
> set space:x 1
>
> works as expected. So, Jeremy's tip to put per-interpreter globals into
> a namespace is an elegant work-around.
Disagree about the "elegant" part. I find the fact that ::foo is cleaned
up, while ::bar::foo isn't counterintuitive, and something I would
change "in a perfect world". Suggesting that people rely on this
behavior makes it harder to change in the future.
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