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Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement

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On 02/08/2013 04:45 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Rick Johnson wrote:
>> Of course in this simplistic example we can see that count is @ module
>> level
> 
> But it isn't. It is a local variable.
> 
> Rick, I appreciate your honesty in telling us that you have no idea how to
> read Python code and recognise which namespace the variables are found in,
> but you really shouldn't assume others suffer under that same affliction.

Very interesting to hear the crickets chirping over this one as the
trolling continues on another thread.  Rick seems to know his stuff
about Tk programming, but his knowledge of programming language theory
and formal computing seems quite informal.

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PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-07 20:30 -0800
  Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-02-07 23:21 -0700
  Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 17:25 +1100
    Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-07 23:23 -0800
      Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 18:28 +1100
    Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-02-07 23:23 -0800
    Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-08 22:29 +1100
      Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 22:38 +1100
  Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-08 22:45 +1100
    Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 21:25 -0700
      Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-02-10 18:42 -0800
        Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 17:27 +1100
        Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 13:32 -0500
        Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 12:15 -0700
        Re: PyWart: Namespace asinitiy and the folly of the global statement Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-12 08:11 +1100

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