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Re: module attributes and docstrings

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Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info>:

> Some people prefer to say "Python has no variables, it has name
> bindings". I think that it's better to say that Python's variables are
> not *like* C or Pascal variables, rather than invent a distinction
> between name bindings and variables. Name bindings are a type of
> variable.

I guess the thinking goes like this:

  In Python, everything is a first-class object.

  In Python, variables are not first-class objects.

  Ergo: In Python, there are no variables.


Marko

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module attributes and docstrings Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-03-24 09:55 +0100
  Re: module attributes and docstrings Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-24 21:29 +1100
  Re: module attributes and docstrings Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-24 22:49 +1100
    Re: module attributes and docstrings Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 10:48 +0100
      Re: module attributes and docstrings Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-27 18:31 +1100
        Re: module attributes and docstrings Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-03-27 09:49 +0200
  Re: module attributes and docstrings Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-03-24 15:33 -0400
    Re: module attributes and docstrings Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 10:53 +0100
      Re: module attributes and docstrings Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 21:27 +1100

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