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Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 14:18:49 +1100
Subject: Re: scope of function parameters (take two)
From: Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> Infinitely-nested scoping is simply one of the casualties of a
> non-declarative language.

Well, this is not accurate, as you can have 'infinitely-nested
scoping' in python, in form of nested functions. For example, you can
use map(lambda x: <expressions with x, including other
map/filter/reduce/lambda's>, list_of_x), and you will have your
isolated scopes. Although due to lambdas supporting only expressions,
following this style leads to awkward and complicated code (and/or
instead if, map instead for, and so on).


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With best regards,
Daniel Kluev