> > IMO this is clearer, and even shorter! > But it clutters the namespace with objects you don't need.
Why do people care about cluttering namespaces so much? I thought thats' what namespaces were for -- to put stuff you want to remember for a bit. A function's local namespace in particular seems a perfectly fine place for temporaries. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
