Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton

From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton
Date	2015-12-27 17:22 +1100
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On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 3:05 PM,  <jfong@ms4.hinet.net> wrote:
>> Python's flexibility and simplicity are a huge part of why I love the
>> language so much.
>
> simplicity? Maybe because you are soooo familiar with Python. It's not to me, at least at this moment. Please see my next question follows.
>

I define "simplicity" in terms of the number and complexity of the
rules you have to keep in your head. It's not necessarily the best
thing to do; for instance, a C-style #include directive is *extremely*
simple (it is literally "drop the file contents in at this location"),
but I prefer Python's semantics. On the other hand, PHP's include
directive is *not* simple; in many ways it behaves like C's #include,
but it can't be used inside class definitions, and if used in a
function, some of what it does is at top level and some is inside the
function.

Python's rules for imports (whether they're "import X" or "from X
import Y") include a somewhat complicated definition of search path,
but ultimately, it's a matter of hunting down a module and executing
it (all of it) in its own namespace, and then giving you a reference
to sys.modules["X"] (or sys.modules["X"].Y for a from-import).

ChrisA

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A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-12-25 19:06 -0800
  Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-12-26 14:41 +1100
    Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-12-26 00:56 -0800
      Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-12-26 20:37 +1100
  Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 14:44 +1100
    Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-12-26 01:07 -0800
      Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-12-26 20:49 +1100
        Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-12-26 20:05 -0800
          Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-12-26 20:11 -0800
            Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-12-27 17:32 +1100
              Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-12-27 17:02 -0800
          Re: A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-12-27 17:22 +1100

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