> Hmm, the number of people chiming in on this topic is making me wonder
>> whether we are barking up the wrong tree with lexical scoping. If people
>> don't need for variables and resource defaults defined in a class to take
>> effect in contained classes, then there's no sense in our going to extra
>> work to support it.
>>
>>
>
> Can we drop both lexical and dynamic scoping and still keep this property:
>
> >>> 1. Variables defined at toplevel can be seen inside classes. For
> example:
> >>> $var = "value"
> >>> class foo { notify { $var: } }
> >>> include foo
> >>>
> > This is a good idea and should stay, short and long term.
>
Q: Can we drop both lexical and dynamic scoping and still keep the property
"Variables defined at toplevel can be seen inside classes"?
A: Yes. Globals don't require scoping. :P
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