On Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 09:23 William Rose, wrote:
> I had an idea that it could be helpful to have local functions as
> well as normal ones. They would be called the same way as normal
> ones but def would be replaced by internal and inside they could
> only access variables they have defined
On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Franklin? Lee
wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 1:01 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Franklin? Lee
>> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 5:21 AM, William Rose
>>> wrote:
I agree with the point that it should allow builtin but t
On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 1:01 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Franklin? Lee
> wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 5:21 AM, William Rose
>> wrote:
>>> I agree with the point that it should allow builtin but the main purpose of
>>> it is to not allow global variables
>>
On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Franklin? Lee
wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 5:21 AM, William Rose
> wrote:
>> I agree with the point that it should allow builtin but the main purpose of
>> it is to not allow global variables
>
> But functions are also accessed using global names. What is you
On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 5:21 AM, William Rose wrote:
> I agree with the point that it should allow builtin but the main purpose of
> it is to not allow global variables
But functions are also accessed using global names. What is your
answer to the potential problem of programmers being reluctant
On Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 09:23 William Rose, wrote:
>
> I had an idea that it could be helpful to have local functions as well as
> normal ones. They would be called the same way as normal ones but def would
> be replaced by internal and inside they could only access variables they
> have defined and
[removing Python-ideas-owner so any replies don't flood my inbox]
On Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 09:23 William Rose, wrote:
> I had an idea that it could be helpful to have local functions as well as
> normal ones. They would be called the same way as normal ones but def would
> be replaced by internal a