[Python-Dev] Re: anonymous blocks vs scope-collapse

Tue Apr 26 23:40:27 CEST 2005

On 4/26/05, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand this. The preferred way would be
> to just stick the keyword before the call. Using 'collapse', it
> would look like:
>> def foo(b):
> c=a
> def bar():
> a="a1"
> collapse foo("b1")
> print b, c # prints "b1", "a1"
> a="a2"
> foo("b2") # Not collapsed this time
> print b, c # still prints "b1", "a1"

*YUK* I spent a long time staring at this and wondering "where did b come from?"
You'd have to come up with a very compelling use case to get me to like this.
Paul.