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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 01:55:36 +1100
Subject: Re: proposal: bring nonlocal to py2.x
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> wrote:
> py3 includes a fairly compelling feature: nonlocal keywork
> But backward compatibility is lost.  It would be very helpful
> if this was available on py2.x.

Python 2.x is no longer being developed. It won't be gaining features
like this. Use the nonlocal feature as a reason for migrating to
Python 3 :)

ChrisA