Neal Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One thing I sometimes miss, which is common in some other languages (c++), > is idea of block scope. It would be useful to have variables that did not > outlive their block, primarily to avoid name clashes. This also leads to > more readable code.
I have on occassion used lambda as a poor-man's let, but only if I needed to avoid multiple evaluation: res = (lambda x=blah(...), y=blahz(...): f(x*y,x+y))() I'm sure most people would debate it's more readable, but it's IMO superior to cleaning up manually with ``del``. I sometimes also find it useful to avoid cluttering up the interactive shell. 'as -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
