Greg Ewing wrote: > Ka-Ping Yee wrote: > > >> nonlocal x = y = 0 >> >> is equivalent to >> >> nonlocal x; x = y = 0 >> > > This is far from obvious. And what happens if > you want both x and y to be nonlocal? Can you > write > > nonlocal x = nonlocal y = 0 > > If so, this is getting even more complicated > for very little benefit. > > >> The point is to make the statement easy to explain. >> > > It's even easier to explain if assignment isn't > allowed at all. >
Sorry about the "mee to" post, but me too: +1 on no assignment allowed. I can't think of any way to do it that would be intuitive and obvious to *most* people and wouldn't require a separate FAQ entry besides the one that explains 'global' and 'nonlocal.' Neil _______________________________________________ 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
