> there's no connection whatsoever between things that are raised now and > then in various forums, and things that are real "seriously hurts people > trying to get things done in Python" warts.
Fair enough. > the vast majority of all Python programmers never uses nested functions > at all. Yes, but part of the reason for this may be this very wart. I know I'm campaigning for this as a fix for what the OP calls the "read only lexical scoping gotcha". A fix for that makes it much more convienent to write closures that modify closed-over values, which in turn makes a much more compelling use case for using nested functions. Of couse, you may think that's a bad thing. Personally, I'd really like it. In any event, as you pointed out yourself, at last check Guido is +1 on this general idea. Maybe you should ask him why he's in favor of it :-) Mike _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
