"Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It's not only that way in python, but in java too. So it seems that there is
> a fundamental principle behind it: In a language that allows sideeffects,
> these will actually happen.

Can you even have nested functions in Java?  Algol-60 did things the
way you'd expect, i.e. you can modify the outer variable from the
inner scope.
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