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Re: scope of function parameters

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Date 2011-05-30 11:56 +1000
Subject Re: scope of function parameters
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.2246.1306720590.9059.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>  <URL:http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/93903/I_m_OK_The_Bull_Is_Dead>

I agree with the gist of that. My take on this is: When I'm talking to
my boss, I always assume that the phone will ring ten seconds into my
explanation. Ten seconds is enough for "Dad, I'm OK; the bull is
dead", it's enough for "I've solved Problem X, we can move on now";
it's enough for "Foo is crashing, can't ship till I debug it". If
fortune is smiling on me and the phone isn't ringing, I can explain
that Problem X was the reason Joe was unable to demo his new module,
or that the crash in Foo is something that I know I'll be able to pin
down in a one-day debugging session, but even if I don't, my boss
knows enough to keep going with.

Of course, there's a significant difference between a mailing list
post and a detailed and well copyedited article. Quite frequently I'll
ramble on list, in a way quite inappropriate to a publication that
would be linked to as a "hey guys, here's how it is" page. Different
media, different standards.

Chris Angelico
"Forty thousand million billion THEGS quotes? That must be worth a fortune!"
-- definitely a fan of THEGS --

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scope of function parameters Henry Olders <henry.olders@mcgill.ca> - 2011-05-29 04:30 -0400
  Re: scope of function parameters Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-05-29 07:59 -0400
    Re: scope of function parameters Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-29 16:27 -0400
  Re: scope of function parameters Peter Pearson <ppearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2011-05-29 17:21 +0000
    Re: scope of function parameters Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-30 07:42 +1000
      Re: scope of function parameters Laurent Claessens <moky.math@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 09:12 +0200
        Re: scope of function parameters Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-05-30 00:27 -0700
        Re: scope of function parameters Laurent <moky.math@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 09:38 +0200
        Re: scope of function parameters Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 19:10 +1100
        Re: scope of function parameters Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-30 05:02 -0400
          Re: scope of function parameters Laurent Claessens <moky.math@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 11:08 +0200
            Re: scope of function parameters Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-30 09:14 +0000
            Re: scope of function parameters Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-30 19:17 +1000
            Re: scope of function parameters Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-05-30 11:41 +0200
              Re: scope of function parameters Laurent Claessens <moky.math@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 12:10 +0200
              Re: scope of function parameters Laurent Claessens <moky.math@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 12:10 +0200
            Re: scope of function parameters Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2011-05-30 13:40 +0300
            Re: scope of function parameters Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-30 12:49 -0400
        Re: scope of function parameters Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-30 09:16 +0000
  Re: scope of function parameters Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-29 23:46 +0000
    Re: scope of function parameters Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-30 11:31 +1000
      Re: scope of function parameters Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 11:56 +1000
        Re: scope of function parameters Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-30 12:08 +1000
          Re: scope of function parameters Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-30 12:37 +1000
      Re: scope of function parameters Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-30 04:23 +0000
  Re: scope of function parameters rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-31 09:46 -0700
    Re: scope of function parameters rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-05-31 10:33 -0700

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