[Python-Dev] Explicit Lexical Scoping (pre-PEP?)

Wed Jul 5 11:18:32 CEST 2006

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

> 1. do nothing
> 2. extend global's meaning
> 3. add outer keyword

2.5. extend global syntax to cover both [really global] and [innermost 
matching scope].

eg.

   global x, y outer   # trailing non-keyword
   global in x, y      # re-use keyword
   not global x        # ceci n'est pas un global
   ...                 # something less ugly?

> Personally it's not a burning need

Agreed. Inability to write as well as read nested scopes is more of an 
aesthetic wart than a practical one IMO.

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