Hi All-- Dan Bishop wrote: > > > """In Python, there are only two scopes. The global and the local. > > The global scope is a dictionary while the local, in the case of a > > function is extremely fast. There are no other scopes. > > This isn't true anymore, now that generator comprehensions have been > added to the language. > > >>> x = 17 > >>> sum(x for x in xrange(101)) > 5050 > >>> x > 17 >
The equivalent in list comprehensions which currently allows the x to leak out into its containing scope is going away soon. Will that be another scope? Or are generator and list comprehensions only one scope? Metta, Ivan ---------------------------------------------- Ivan Van Laningham God N Locomotive Works http://www.andi-holmes.com/ http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/proceedings.html Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list