I actually read a good portion of the thread that PEP 3099 refers to,
so I thought I had read up on the subject before making my suggestion.
I had also perused that PEP and didn't realize there was no way my
suggestion could be accepted.
I suppose it's too late, but I think it's too bad that a neg
It's been decided to go w/ the "nonlocal" keyword to declare outer
variables (ala the "global" keyword) rather than using an alternate
assignment operator (which was one of the competing proposals). It's
too late to make a change such as your suggestion because PEP 3104 (
http://www.python.org/dev/
I'm confused by the section on "no alternate binding operator" in PEP
3099. On the one hand, it says no alternative binding operator will be
considered; yet the link provided shows that Guido is in favor of
developing a syntax for non-local assignment. Please excuse me if this
post violates that ru
