Re: Python scope

From: Steven Kurylo <sk_at_no.spam.please>
Date: Thu Jul 19 2007 - 12:43:02 CST

On 7/19/07, Dylan Griffiths <dylang@thock.com> wrote:
> Steven Kurylo wrote:
> >> Perhaps a little odd, but its not a problem once you are used to it.
> >
> > I think its bad form to allow you to read a variable, but then do some
>
> Man, if we're going to define the finer points of language grammar, it's
> probably a good idea to get its (=> possessive form; it owns the next
> noun) vs it's (=> it {ha,wa,i}s) straight, otherwise you just look silly :p

Not really. I just don't care about typo's in emails. I have better
things to think about like remembering inconsistent programming rules
because those bugs actually matter. Unfortunately the compiler isn't
smart enough to disambiguate code. I know that people are. Well,
most people.

> PS: That list.append works inside a function is normal since you are
> using a method on an object, not directly modifying a state.

Like I said, I know why. That doesn't make it right.
Received on Thu Jul 19 12:43:08 2007

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