Terry J. Reedy added the comment:
A possible counter-indication would be if setting a cell could cause a crash,
as opposed to a mysterious exception. Since 3.x already allows writing any
object to a cell from python code,
def outer():
cell = None
def inner(ob):
nonlocal cell
cell = ob # rebinds <hidden-cell>.cell_contents
return inner
set_cell = outer()
print(set_cell.__closure__[0].cell_contents) # None
set_cell('something')
print(set_cell.__closure__[0].cell_contents) # 'something'
making "cell.cell_contents = 'something'" legal should not enable more crashes.
I think that "function.__closure__[i].cell_contents = object" is perhaps not a
good idea for production code, but I think it falls within the realm of
'consenting adults code' for the other uses suggested above. How should it be
documented?
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nosy: +terry.reedy
stage: needs patch -> patch review
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