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From: Aahz on 1 Jul 2010 20:00 In article <mailman.127.1278023557.1673.python-list(a)python.org>, Ethan Furman <ethan(a)stoneleaf.us> wrote: >Aahz wrote: >> In article <mailman.2365.1277844243.32709.python-list(a)python.org>, >> Ethan Furman <ethan(a)stoneleaf.us> wrote: >>> Stephen Hansen wrote: >>>> On 6/29/10 10:01 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: >>>>> In the glossary section it states: >>>>> >>>>> <doc> >>>>> nested scope >>>>> >>>>> The ability to refer to a variable in an enclosing definition. For >>>>> instance, a function defined inside another function can refer to >>>>> variables in the outer function. Note that nested scopes work only for >>>>> reference and not for assignment which will always write to the >>>>> innermost scope. In contrast, local variables both read and write in the >>>>> innermost scope. Likewise, global variables read and write to the global >>>>> namespace. >>>>> </doc> >>>>> >>>>> Doesn't the nonlocal keyword make variables in outer scopes writable? >>>> Yes. I'd submit a doc bug. >>> Bug submitted. >> >> For the benefit of people following along at home, it's nice to provide >> the URL to the ticket. > >Hmmm.... Well, as this is my first ever bug post (yay! ;) I *think* >this is what you want: > >http://bugs.python.org/issue9121 Congrats! And it's already marked closed! ;-) -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you don't know what your program is supposed to do, you'd better not start writing it." --Dijkstra
From: Terry Reedy on 1 Jul 2010 22:07 On 7/1/2010 6:42 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: > Hmmm.... Well, as this is my first ever bug post (yay! ;) Great! > I *think* this is what you want: > > http://bugs.python.org/issue9121 I believe Benjamin meant that it was already fixed in http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/ which is currently the 3.2a0 docs. Good to check there before reporting a doc bug. Terry Jan Reedy
From: Ethan Furman on 2 Jul 2010 08:53
Terry Reedy wrote: > On 7/1/2010 6:42 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: > >> Hmmm.... Well, as this is my first ever bug post (yay! ;) > > > Great! > > I *think* this is what you want: > >> >> http://bugs.python.org/issue9121 > > > I believe Benjamin meant that it was already fixed in > http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/ > which is currently the 3.2a0 docs. > Good to check there before reporting a doc bug. > > Terry Jan Reedy Thanks for the pointer, I didn't know about that. Checking it out, though, it seems the entry for nested scopes has been removed in its entirety -- not sure about fixed, but I guess it's definitely not broken anymore! ;) ~Ethan~ |