Simon Percivall wrote: > On 5 jul 2006, at 11.40, Scott Dial wrote: > > Guido van Rossum wrote: > >> Would this also use ..num to refer to num in an outer scope two > >> levels removed? > > > > I realize this was a wink, but it is a valid problem with the > > "dot"-proposal. > > > > def foo(n): > > def bar(n): > > def baz(): > > return .n > > > > So, which 'n' outer 'n' is being referenced? Seems like you need to > > either be able to do multiple dots (ugly, hard to read) or only do a > > single-step outwards reference. But then that has it's own > > problems, if > > I meant the 'n' passed into 'foo', then I have to resort to such > > nonsense as: > <snip> > > No, it's actually not a problem. foo()'s "n" should just be > hidden. If you don't want it to be hidden, don't write your > function that way. If you find you need deeply nested functions > where local names shadow names in outer scopes that you need to > access you might want to think of another way to solve your > problem.
+1, YAGNI. Just _______________________________________________ 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
